Homage to
Lucas SITHOLE
1931 - 1994
This site is presented by The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Johannesburg / Basel, to honour the late Lucas SITHOLE, one of South Africa's internationally best known sculptors.
Background History
Lucas SITHOLE is best known for his sculptures in mainly indigenous woods, as well as for his sculptures in bronze, stone and other media.
During my art activities in South Africa between 1961 and 1994, and later on in Switzerland, I had the privilege to present and promote internationally the works by this great son of Africa.
His oeuvre
You can view more than 430 exciting sculptures by Lucas T. SITHOLE out of some 800 recorded works by linking to the following sites or pages:
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| A mini-Master
Registry of many recorded works has been been put up on this
site, depending on suitable images being available, listed according to the
following categories: the beginnings, animals and birds, elongated and other figures, heads, mother and child subjects, mythological beings, paintings and drawings, other media including panels and murals, unidentified or misnamed works and queries, without disclosure of private ownership. Similarly, a selection of stories relating to his sculptures or explanations which Lucas
gave in his inimitable way, has been added onto the appropriate pages
(Master Registry updated to 15th May, 2012). THIS SECTION WILL BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO MUSEUMS SHOULD THEY WISH TO INCLUDE A WORK FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES - terms to be agreed directly with owners around the world (there are over 70 recorded works in the USA, over 40 in the United Kingdom, over 25 in Switzerland, 20 in Germany, over 10 in Australia, 3 in Denmark, 2 in Israel, as well as in Canada, Japan, France, Greece, Spain, Colombia, New Zealand etc.).
Present and intending owners and auctioneers will find it easier to identify their works in case of loss or similar - a free service! If you wish your work to be included at no charge
and anonymously, kindly
send us your images in jpg format with appropriate details!
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| Major works in Private, Corporate or Public Collections throughout the world - listed in the unpublished draft manuscript "Lucas Sithole 1931-1994" (Highlights 1966-1993), updated to 14th November, 2009 |
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| Other important works in various collections, in date order, as well as sculptures from third parties and recent public auction sales in South Africa and the U.S.A., updated to 14th November, 2009 |
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| Sculptures in the PELMAMA Permanent Art Collection, on public view in Bloemfontein since 9th July, 2007 |
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| Biographical Notes + References and Links are also included. Legends relating to the works have been included on the individual websites, where available. | |
| Lucas Sithole through the eyes of his critics - a selection from the press, updated to end November, 2007. | |
| Lucas Sithole - Interviews, Films and TV documentaries - a presentation, including YouTube uploads, updated to 27th November, 2011. | |
| Lucas Sithole Memorial Exhibition in Switzerland in 1995 - two views + link to YouTube video | |
| Lucas Sithole - His family - last updated April, 2012 - still under construction! | |
| Lucas Sithole - Portraits over the years - updated to end of September, 2009 | |
| Lucas Sithole - My Life - an extract from his personal diary | |
| Unfinished works from the Estate - what happened to them? - updated to 17th August, 2011 | |
| Publication on Lucas Sithole - (ISBN 0-620-03982-5) | |
| Exhibition Posters - a selection - (October, 2011) | |
Missing Images Record
updated 14th May, 2012 |
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| Copyright on all works by Lucas Sithole | |
| The transitional period - a brief illustrated record of the pre-gallery period - updated to 7th September, 2011 | |
| Doubtful works, Curios and Fakes on the market - updated to 26th September, 2011 (F02) | |
| Link to Sotheby's and Bonham's and other auction results including Estimates for Sithole's works, updated to 14th May, 2012 |
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Highlights of recent auction results - updated to 10th November, 2011
Comparative reference table - for easy identification of HP, LS and LD numbers (PDF) - uploaded 11th April, 2012
Comments about the rarity of works by Lucas SITHOLE affecting prices - uploaded 15th May, 2012
Lucas SITHOLE uploads to Youtube - search this link or go directly to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgoC9pVxVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzV4yjwH-k
I hope you will enjoy these works!
Fernand F. Haenggi
Basel, anno 2001/2012
This site is best viewed with MS Internet Explorer 9 as some of the PDFs do not open in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, nor does the text to the images show when hovering over them!
Last updated per 15th May, 2012 - 15h00
The Hon. Secretary,
The Haenggi Foundation Inc. (Swiss Office)
Postfach 344, CH-4003 BASEL / Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)61 321 01 90 or mail "pelmama.thf at gmail.com" or "info at pelmama.org"
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Notice!
SITHOLE
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FORTHCOMING AUCTIONS
29th/30th May, 2012
7th / 8th August, 2012
Contact auctioneers for further details!
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Cape Town
next auction:
8th October, 2012
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Johannesburg
next auction:
11th June, 2012
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Bonham's New Bond Street and Knightsbridge London
next auction:
Knightsbridge - The South African Sale 19787
18th October, 2012
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New Bond Street - The South African Sale 19602
17th October, 2012
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New Bond Street - "Africa Now"
23rd May, 2012
Contact auctioneer for details!
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Bonham's at 580 Madison Avenue
New York
Contact auctioneers to submit works from the USA
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Other Auctioneers
Bernardi's Pretoria
June 2012
Russell Kaplan JHB
22nd/23rd June, 2012
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click here for results of past auctions anywhere
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Note:
The Haenggi Foundation Inc. provides this column as a free service to interested collectors and museums and gets no benefit whatsoever from it.