LUCAS SITHOLE
LS7005
"Wounded Buffalo II", 1970 - liquid steel - 037x???x078 cm
The Maquette II. of LS7101 for Bracken Mines q.v.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Johannesburg
Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 1971
Work exhibited:
Gallery 101, Johannesburg ("The Winter Art Exhibition 1971" arranged by Group 51)
Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg - 5th October, 1970
Work listed:
Gallery 101, Johannesburg ("The Winter Art Exhibition 1971" - Group 51), cat. 97 - ZAR2500
Work illustrated:
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 17th October, 1970, ill.
"The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors" (Ogilvie) (Everard Read, Johannesburg) (1988), ill. opp. p. 605 - ISBN 0 620 12663 9
Work documented on Youtube:
Click on image for better view!
Still from documentary "Lucas Sithole, sculptor"
produced and directed by Richard Harvey in 1968/1970.
The 12' documentary can be seen on
http://youtu.be/mhOqAuqn1OE.
Lucas SITHOLE is explaining his work which relates to his life around him,
supported by music composed by Professor Alan Solomon. Included are a number of
views from the solo exhibition held at Gallery 101, Johannesburg, on 5th
October, 1970, including the above work.
See sketch for this on second image of
LS6838
Back-ground story:
Lucas Sithole was commissioned by Union Corporation Ltd., Johannesburg, in the late 60’s, through Mrs. Anderson, the wife of the then MD or Chairman, for a large bronze sculpture to be put up Bracken Mines. It was based on a maquette Lucas had made for Lady Ina Oppenheimer’s farm of Brahmans at Hekpoort. The well-known Afrikaans sculptor Hennie Potgieter made his fully equipped studio facilities at Schoemansville on the Hartebeespoortdam over a period of many months available, at no cost, and Lucas completed the full-sized plaster there. Hennie Potgieter showed Lucas how to first build a wire structure, and then to apply the Plaster of Paris. It then had to be transported to the foundry of Hendrik Joubert in Schoemansville and was cast as a unique piece.