LUCAS SITHOLE

Lucas SITHOLE LS6317.1 "Seated figure" ("Thinking"), abt. 1963 - bronze 1st edition

LS6317.1

"Seated figure" ("Thinking"), abt. 1963 - bronze 1st edition - numbers cast not known - meas. n/a

 

Provenance:

Most likely from the Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg in about 1963

 

Work illustrated:

"Bantu", Pretoria - June 1976, last page, ill.

SA Vogue - Spring number 1962 p. 43 (ill. to "Great Looks for City Dressing") (pic. Richard Cutler)

 

Remark from 2010:

This work needs to be reclassified under 1962!

 

Note:

This bronze appears to have been cast from a sculpture in copper clad wood or cast stone

Lucas SITHOLE LS6317.2 "Seated figure" ("Thinking"), abt. 1963 - bronze 2nd edition

LS6317.2

"Seated figure" ("Thinking"), abt. 1963 - bronze 2nd edition - numbers cast not known - meas. n/a

 

Note:

This bronze appears to have been cast later from LS6317.1 - it is recorded as "smooth"

 

Provenance:

Most likely from the Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg in about 1968

 

Work exhibited:

London Arts Festival (Contemporary African Arts), Camden Arts Centre, London - 10th August - 8th September, 1969

 

Work illustrated:

"African Arts" UCLA (ISSN 0001-9933), Vol. 3 No. 3 (Spring 1970), p. 20

 

Work commented:

Contemporary African Art (Studio International, London), 1969, p. 26

 

Note:

This work is cast in a similar fashion as LS6301 Series II. - it is possibly an unauthorised cast.

 

Comments:

Also described as "Crouching figure, right hand holding head" - previously recorded as "Query Q" - the original title given by the artist is not known.

 

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