LS 6203 (two casts sold)
Lucas SITHOLE
1931 - 1994
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Recent auction sales in SA, the U.K. and the USA
Important notice to present owners
If you own a work by Lucas Sithole which is not included on this website and you feel it merits to be considered, please send us full details with photographs suitable for reproduction. Your name will not be disclosed unless with your written permission, except for Corporate and University or Museum Collections.
Your collaboration is particularly useful as there have been various attempts since 2004 to offer by auction both in South Africa and abroad works wrongly attributed to the one and only Lucas T. Sithole. There have also been attempts to pass off some works as genuine works by Lucas Sithole which were in fact done by other artists during the late 1950s (details on request).
If you wish to dispose of your works by Lucas Sithole, please send us full details with good photographs suitable for reproduction, and our office will be pleased to give you a certificate of authenticity, at no costs, and if required, submit a free estimate. You need to submit the work, however, directly to your auctioneers.
Important notice to previous owners
In order to keep our extensive research files on the late Lucas Sithole up-to-date, we would appreciate your advising us if you disposed of a work in the past. This is most important should there be a museum exhibition planned at some future date, so that new owners can be contacted for a loan of their sculpture. All such information will be kept confidential and only used for museum exhibition purposes.
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Recent auction sales through Sotheby's, Bonham's and Other Auctioneers
Last updated to 12th June, 2012 - this page will no longer be updated as sufficient information is available from the auctioneers' archives available on the web!
Sotheby's / Welz in South Africa + Sotheby Associates in the U.S.A.
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Sotheby's / Welz |
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Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR * | CHF** | |
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Johannesburg - sculptures |
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07.06.1993 / 024 |
Standing figure# | wood and resin |
48 cm H |
5500 |
2'600 |
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| 08.05.2000 / 841 | LS 7003.1 | Mother and child, 1970 | Bronze 1/3 | 139x019x015 | 72000 | 17'300 |
| 08.05.2000 / 842 | LS 7419 | Please don't !, 1974 | Ironwood | 035x048x022 | 7500 | 1'800 |
| 12.11.2001 / 529 | QRY.B | Elongated figure# | wood/liquid steel base | 57.5 cm H |
18500 |
3'200 |
| 13.05.2002 / 508 | LS 8708 | Guilty, 1987 | Rhodesian teak |
148x067x048 |
39600+ |
6'000 |
| 12.05.2003 / 529 | LS 9303 | Head in green, 1993 | Wood with copper oxide patina |
57 cm H |
16500+ | 2'800 |
| 12.05.2003 / 542 | LS7840 | Mother of the Crocs (Mandendevu), 1978 | Msimbiti wood |
038x128x??? |
33000+ | 5'600 |
| 20.10.2003 / 350 | QRY.GG |
Standing elongated figure# |
Rhodesian teak# |
65 cm H |
14300+ | 2'800 |
| 31.05.2004 / 539 | LS7006 |
Wounded Buffalo III. |
Liquid steel |
025x026x061 |
27500+ | 5'300 |
| 15.11.2004 / 641 | LS8509 |
The good shepherd (Kingfisher) |
Swazi wild olive wood |
079x041x017 |
55000+ | 10'700 |
| 17.08.2010 / 392 | QRY.D |
Standing figure, ≈1974/1975 |
Mahogany on liquid steel base |
50 cm H |
168000+ | 23'700 |
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Cape Town - sculptures |
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| 01.04.2003 / 521 | LS 8312.0 |
Dancing in the air, 1983 |
Indigenous wood (Zulu) |
103x029x018 | 16500+ | 2'800 |
| 26.10.2004 / 694 | QRY.KK |
Elongated figure# |
Mahogany | 92.5 cm H | 41800+ | 8'200 |
| 26.05.2009 / 349 | LS7548 |
"I'm the happiest" ("Ngijabulile"), 1975 |
Mahogany on liquid steel base | 43.5 cm H | 53760+ | 7'100 |
| 29.05.2012 / 462 | LS7551 |
"But why?", 1975 |
Wild olive wood | 40 cm H | 29'100+ | 3'300 |
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Johannesburg - paintings and other media |
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| 08.05.1995 / 112 | QRY.D | The happy wanderer | oil/board | 84x044 |
R 2'600 |
n/a |
| 11.08.1999 / 096 | LS6818 | The Buffalo (The Bull) | acrylic/paper | 62x105 | R 5'500 | n/a |
| 12.11.2001 / 496 | LS6818 | The Buffalo | acrylic/paper | 62x105 | R12000 | n/a |
| 13.05.2002 / 270 | LS6310 | Two figures embracing | moulded copper plaque | 67.5x27.5 | R 3'080 | n/a |
| 18.04.2005 / 065 | LS6725 | Buffalo | brush and ink | 82x101 | R12100+ | n/a |
| 18.04.2005 / 066 | LS6726 | Leopard | brush and ink | 62x101 | R14300+ | n/a |
| 05.09.2005 / 430 | LS6314 | Two figures embracing | moulded copper plaque | 70x24.5 | R13200+ | n/a |
| 16.04.2007 / 597 | LS6315 | Naked couple | moulded copper plaque | 62.5x27 | R71500+ | 12'100 |
| 16.04.2008 / 680 | LS6315 | Naked couple | moulded copper plaque | 62.5x27 | no bid | n/a |
| 04.08.2009 / 327 | LS6730 | Mother and Child | incised and painted glass panel | 86x41 | R12320 | 1'630 |
| 16.11.2010 / 493 | LS6723 | A big hug (The Couple) | acryl/board | 123x71 | R25000 | 3'500 |
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Titles or names marked with an # are not the original titles or names given by the artist, but have been ascribed as such by the auctioneers - will intending sellers please supply SOTHEBY's with original invoice or other original data - it will make life easier later on! |
| * = excluding buying comm.; + = including buyer's premium; ** approx. equivalent at time of auction |
To see images of works sold by auction in Johannesburg or elsewhere, click on the Register numbers where linked or search for "auction" on the internal search engine. The following are but two examples:
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LS 6203 (two casts sold) |
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LS 7419 > |
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Houston TX |
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Online auction held by Sotheby's Associates Sands of Time Antiquities in November 2001, including a number of other SA artists from the Rex Grey Family Collection |
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Sotheby.com |
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Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
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Sculptures |
Size (cm) |
US$ * | CH ** | |
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| 12.11.01 / Lot 39CQT | LS6816 |
Waiting woman with head scarf, 1968 | Rhodesian teak | 44 cm H | sold | n/a |
| 12.11.01 / Lot 39CR5 | LS7006 | Wounded buffalo III., 1970 | Liquid steel | 62 cm H | 489 | 800 |
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Should you be the new owner of any of the other above listed works, please advise our office confidentially as under, so that our master register may be updated. This will make it easier for museums to draw in due course on works by the late Lucas SITHOLE for exhibition and catalogue purposes, and may well be in your own interest.
Bonham's London
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Bonham's New Bond Street London |
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Bonham's |
Register |
Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures |
Size (cm) |
GBP | CH ** | |
| 23.05.07 / Sale 15349 Lot 161 | LS9202 | I thought I made it (Horse), 1992 | Indigenous wood | 43x27x18 cm | £3840* | 9'300 |
| 30.01.08 / Sale 15681 Lot 182 | LS9205 | Here I come! (Sengifikile), 1992 | Red ivory wood | 65x67x29 cm | £4200* | 9'100 |
| 14.10.09 / Sale 16848 Lot 112 | LS6301.var | The wounded leopard, 1963 | Bronze - not established ed. | 31x48x45 cm | not sold | n/a |
| 14.10.09 / Sale 16848 Lot 156 | LS8713 | Dancing, 1987 | Zulu Indigenous wood | 62x20x11 cm | £9600 | 15'600 |
| 26.10.11 / Sale 18966 Lot 393 | LS6802 | "Begging Hyena" ("Pleading Hyena") ("Hyena"), 1968 | Rhodesian teak | 56x131x56 cm | £18750 | 26100 |
| 26.10.11 / Sale 18966 Lot 420 | LS6008 | "African Man", abt. 1960 | Indigenous wood | 35x11x5 cm | £5625 | 7'800 |
| 21.03.12 / Sale 19601 Lot 110 | LS9006 | "Waving in the water", 1990 | Zulu Indigenous wood | 67x19x23 cm | not sold | n/a |
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Bonham's London
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Bonham's Knightsbridge London |
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Bonham's |
Register |
Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures, paintings, drawings |
Size (cm) |
GBP | CH ** | |
| 23.03.10 / Sale 17941 Lot 036 | LS6301.var | The wounded leopard | Bronze - not established ed. | 31x48x45 cm | not sold | n/a |
| 23.03.10 / Sale 17941 Lot 096 | LS6614 | Guitar player, 1966 | Charcoal and wash | 94x75 cm | not sold | n/a |
| 26.10.10 / Sale 17942 Lot 084 | LS6614 | Guitar player, 1966 | Charcoal and wash |
94x75 cm |
£1'080 | 1'700 |
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Other auctioneers
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Strauss & Co Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Strauss&Co |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price (including buyer's premium) | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 09.03.2009 / 129 | LS6729 | Standing figure | Rhodesian teak on liquid steel base | 78x18x17 |
133'680 |
16'000 |
| 07.09.2009 / 120 | LS7917 | Don't leave me alone! (Musani), 1979 | Hardekool | 52x67x48 | 189'380 | 26'500 |
| 16.05.2011 / 290 | LS6718 | Charging Afrikander (Afrikaner Bull), 1967 | Ironwood | 64x98x56 | 946'900 | 120'000 |
| 07.11.2011 / 122 | LS6836 | The coal miner, 1968 | Mixed media on paper | 100x62.5 | not sold | n/a |
| 07.11.2011 / 323 | LS7912 | When I'm guitaring (I'm guitaring), 1979 | Msimbiti wood | 237x036x035 | 668'400 | 76'100 |
| 07.11.2011 / 329 | LS9005 | How long is this going to be ...? (Koze kubenini), 1990 | Zulu indigenous wood | 153x058x027 | 334'200 | 38'100 |
| 07.11.2011 / 340 | LS7566 | I'm listening I., 1975 | Wild olive on liquid steel base | 051x010x010 | 155'900 | 17'800 |
| 11.06.2012 / 403 | LS6217 | Praying woman, 1962 | Timulo (sneeze) wood | 071x024x015 | not sold | n/a |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
Figures in red reflect the latest world record prices obtained for Lucas SITHOLE's works
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Graham's Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Graham's Fine Arts |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 19.05.2010 / 109 | LS6008 | African Man, abt. 1960 | Indigenous wood | 35x11x05 | not sold | n/a |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
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Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Russell Kaplan |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 07.11.2009 / P94 | LS6815.2 | Winter, 1968 | bronze 2/3 | 76x32x27 |
115'000 |
15'700 |
| 13.08.2011 / P73 | QRY.MM8 | Standing figure (Dancing figure), 1963 | Kiaat on liquid steel | 045x007x006 | not sold | n/a |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
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Westgate Walding Auctioneers, Sandton |
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Westgate Walding |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Paintings | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 26.01.2008 / 432 | LS6820 | Dogs and Pups II. | mixed med/board | 63x101.5 |
41'800 |
6'500 |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
A few Sculptures are still available privately in Europe
A few sculptures by Lucas Sithole are available from private collectors in Switzerland. Please click here for further details on these and a few works by other SA artists.
In addition, a list of mainly out-of-print art books on SA artists (including Lucas Sithole) which are still available, can also be requested from " pelmama.thf at gmail.com".
page under construction, results being moved to appropriate sites - 7th June 2017