LUCAS SITHOLE
LS9303
"Head in green" ("a large head"), 1993 - Wood with copper oxide patina - 057x029x039 cm
Collection:
Ellerman House Collection, Bantry Bay, Cape Town
Provenance:
First owner acquired work in December 1993, directly from Lucas Sithole in Pongola who was then very sick.
Work auctioned:
Sotheby's Johannesburg - 12th May, 2003 - Lot 529
Work illustrated:
Sotheby's Johannesburg - 12th May, 2003 - Lot 529, cat. p. 99, ill.
Work on web:
www.artvault.co.za - Ellerman House Collection - 2008
Note:
The sculpture is unfinished, signed "L T Sith" (note the incomplete signature!) - it seems the first owner demanded a security for monies personally advanced to the then very sick artist before he had finished and polished this sculpture (telephonic conversation of 4.8.1994). This was Lucas SITHOLE's last sculpture before he died from cancer in Jozini in May, 1994.