LUCAS SITHOLE
LS8314
"If you come back, I'll stay!", 1983 - Indigenous wood from Zululand - 076x030x038 cm
Provenance:
Priv. Coll. C.S., Bern
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1983 cat. X29; 1985 cat. X02; 1987 cat. X07
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (VITA Art Now) - 1986
Work illustrated:
City Press Prospects, Johannesburg - 3.11.1985, ill.
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1987 (overseas pamphlets), ill.
Press review:
Vaderland, Johannesburg - 6.11.1985, commented
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg (VITA Art Now) - 1986, cat. ill.
Beeld, Johannesburg - 28.10.1987, commented
Artist's legend:
"If you come back I'll stay. When you are home, you don't stay long enough! I wish you could stay here and never go away from me!
- Uma ungabuya uzohlala nami lapha ekhaya ungasahambi futhi ngempela. ngizhohlala nami -
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. 124/125
