LUCAS SITHOLE
LS8105
"Dancing mantis", 1981 - Tambotie - 153x070x062 cm
Collection:
University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria
Provenance:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Johannesburg - 1981 cat. X01
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1982 cat. X08; 1983 cat. X19
Gallery 21, Johannesburg ("Collectors' choice") - April 1984
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (The Neglected Tradition …. 1930-1988) - 1988/1989
UNISA, Pretoria ("UNISA reflects on its Collection of Resistance Art") - July/Aug. 2004
Work illustrated:
THE OFFICE in Southern Africa, Johannesburg - April 1982, p. 12, ill.
Gallery 21 invitation brochure "Selected Sculptures 1980-1983 by Lucas Sithole", ill.
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (The Neglected Tradition …. 1930-1988) - 1988/89 cat. 181, ill.
The Quivering Spear (Nevin) (QS Partners in Publishing), 1996, ill.
de arte 61, Pretoria - April 2000, p. 51, ill.
Press review:
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 13.10.1981, commented
Die Transvaler, Johannesburg - 6.12.1982, commented
Beeld, Johannesburg - 12.4.1984, commented
LS8105 (close-up)
Note:
This sculpture is recorded and illustrated in the monograph published in 2015
“Lucas SITHOLE 1931 – 1994: Highlights 1966-1993” – ISBN 978-3-033-04655-9 – on pp. 100/101
