LUCAS SITHOLE
LS7604
"Eagle's Head" ("Eagle"), 1976 - Cape mountain stone - 065x???x??? cm
Provenance:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Gallery International, Cape Town
Work exhibited:
National Museum & Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana - 1976 cat. X07/G22
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1976 cat. X22; 1977 cat. X05
Gallery International, Cape Town - 1978 cat. X14
Work illustrated:
Beeld Johannesburg - 30.9.1976, ill. + commented
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 151
Press reviews:
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 27.9.1976, commented
The Springs African Reporter, Springs - 15.10.1976, commented
The Argus, Cape Town - 16.5.1978, commented
Artist's legend:
"It was one of those days when hunger strikes. The eagle sat on a stone, looked all around sadly and said to himself: Look, I've been sitting here almost the whole day - no mice, no rabbits! If they don't come now, I'm going to make that poor farmer cry again."