LUCAS SITHOLE
LS8608
"If I had to choose ..." ("Giraffe"), 1986 - Swazi indigenous wood - 165x035x037 cm
(for a close-up of the sculpture - see PDF)
Provenance:
Priv. Coll., Cape Town
Die Kunskamer, Cape Town
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Fourways, Sandton - 2005
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - "Contemporary SA Masters Present & Future" - 1987, cat. 53
Work auctioned:
Stephan Welz & Co., Cape Town - 2nd October, 2013 - Lot 468 - auctioned for ZAR470'400 incl.
Work illustrated on website:
Stephan Welz & Co., Cape Town - TULBAGH - 1st October, 2013 - Lot 468
www.grahamsgallery.co.za - 2005/2009
Photographer:
Clive Hassall, Johannesburg
Work illustrated in:
Stephan Welz & Co., Cape Town - 1st/2nd October, 2013 cat. p. 13 + 117, Lot 468
"South African Paintings by Artists from 1867 onwards" (Stewart) (Graham's), 2004
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. 146/147
Artist's legend:
"The giraffe says - If I had to choose, I would rather have lived in the water with the fish, because in the jungle I'm terrorised by the lions and other wild animals"
