LUCAS SITHOLE
LS6511
"Don't leave me!", 1965 - Liquid steel on wire mesh base covered with liquid steel - 122x023x034 cm
LS6511 close-up
Provenance:
Priv. Coll., USA - acq. on 2nd October, 2013
Priv. Coll., Washington DC., USA - acq. in April, 1967
Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg - 1966 + 1967
Piccadilly Gallery, London ("African Painters and Sculptors from Johannesburg") - 1965
Work auctioned:
Bonhams New Bond Street London - Auction 20619 - 2nd October, 2013 - Lot 66 - auctioned for £21,250 / CHF 31,185 incl.
Work illustrated:
The Canberra Times, ACT, Australia - 23rd July, 1965 ("Shows for South African Sculptor", ill. p.12)
The Star, Johannesburg - 17.12.1965, ill.
The Star, Johannesburg - 14.4.1966, ill.
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 49 - as LS6603
Bonhams New Bond Street London - The South African Sale - Auction 20619 - 2nd October, 2013, cat. p.75, Lot 66
Work listed:
Piccadilly Gallery, London ("African Painters and Sculptors from Johannesburg") - 1965, cat. 39
Note:
LS6511 close-up of feet affixed on wire mesh base covered with liquid steel - the wooden plinth is not part of the sculpture!
Other examples of the use of wire mesh with liquid steel can be seen on LS5902, LS5903 and LS6302!