LUCAS SITHOLE

LS7912

LS7912 close-up

"When I'm guitaring" ("I'm guitaring"), 1979 - Msimbiti wood - 237x036x035 cm

Provenance:

Private Coll., Cape Town

Gallery 21, Johannesburg

Work exhibited:

Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1979 cat. X07; 1980 cat. X22

Work on auction:

Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 7th November, 2011 - Lot 323

Work illustrated:

Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 7th November, 2011 catalogue p. 208, Lot 323

Illustrated on L Sithole invitation card Gallery 21 Johannesburg Oct 1979

Press review:

The South African Art Times, Cape Town - 1st November, 2011 - PR by Emma Bedford

Die Volksblad, Bloemfontein - 31st October, 2011 - comments

Sunday Independent, Johannesburg - 30th October, 2011 - promotional comment

Beeld, Johannesburg - 27th October, 2011 - Vermaak Nuus

Strauss & Co. Johannesburg Press Office - 14th October, 2011

comments by Emma Bedford

Transvaler, Johannesburg - 17th October, 1979, commented

Post, Johannesburg - 28th July, 1979, commented

Work(s) illustrated on web:

http://www.straussart.co.za/auctions/ecatalogue/?19-highlights - pp. 20-21

http://www.askart.com/askart/s/lucas_sithole/lucas_sithole.aspx

Note:

This is the tallest recorded work by Lucas SITHOLE!

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. 88/89

Legend as reported by first owner of sculpture

Lucas told us a bit about each work. "When I'm Guitaring" came about when he one day walked past his brother's room (he didn't say which brother) and heard him singing a love song. This brother never sang, so after listening outside the closed door for a while he opened it, expecting to find a girlfriend, perhaps, in the room. It was only the brother, who vehemently denied ever singing, ending the discussion saying it was the guitar singing!