LUCAS SITHOLE

Lucas SITHOLE LS7005 "Wounded Buffalo II", 1970 - liquid steel (maquette) 037x???x078 cm (img. Everard Read Gallery)

LS7005

"Wounded Buffalo II", 1970 - liquid steel - 037x???x078 cm

The Maquette II. of LS7101 for Bracken Mines q.v.

 

Provenance:

Private Collection, Johannesburg

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 1971

 

Work exhibited:

Gallery 101, Johannesburg ("The Winter Art Exhibition 1971" arranged by Group 51)

Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg - 5th October, 1970

 

Work listed:

Gallery 101, Johannesburg ("The Winter Art Exhibition 1971" - Group 51), cat. 97 - ZAR2500

 

Work illustrated:

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 17th October, 1970, ill.

"The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors" (Ogilvie) (Everard Read, Johannesburg) (1988), ill. opp. p. 605 - ISBN 0 620 12663 9

 

Work documented on Youtube:

Lucas SITHOLE LS7005 "Wounded Buffalo II", 1970 - liquid steel (maquette) 037x???x078 cm

Click on image for better view!

Still from documentary "Lucas Sithole, sculptor" produced and directed by Richard Harvey in 1968/1970. The 12' documentary can be seen on http://youtu.be/mhOqAuqn1OE.

Lucas SITHOLE is explaining his work which relates to his life around him, supported by music composed by Professor Alan Solomon. Included are a number of views from the solo exhibition held at Gallery 101, Johannesburg, on 5th October, 1970, including the above work.

See sketch for this on second image of LS6838
 

Back-ground story:

Lucas Sithole was commissioned by Union Corporation Ltd., Johannesburg, in the late 60’s, through Mrs. Anderson, the wife of the then MD or Chairman, for a large bronze sculpture to be put up Bracken Mines. It was based on a maquette Lucas had made for Lady Ina Oppenheimer’s farm of Brahmans at Hekpoort. The well-known Afrikaans sculptor Hennie Potgieter made his fully equipped studio facilities at Schoemansville on the Hartebeespoortdam over a period of many months available, at no cost, and Lucas completed the full-sized plaster there. Hennie Potgieter showed Lucas how to first build a wire structure, and then to apply the Plaster of Paris. It then had to be transported to the foundry of Hendrik Joubert in Schoemansville and was cast as a unique piece.

 

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