LUCAS SITHOLE
LS-Query "KK"
"Elongated figure", pre-1968 - mahogany - 92.5 cm high
N.B.:
The work is unsigned, the only unsigned sculpture known to exist other than some unfinished works originating from the SITHOLE Estate, now housed at the Pretoria Art Museum or the University of Fort Hare, Alice.
Provenance:
Warren Siebrits Fine Arts, Johannesburg - 2006
Sydney Press Estate, Johannesburg
Prior provenance:
untraceable
Work auctioned:
Sotheby's Cape Town - 26th October, 2004 - Lot 694
Work illustrated:
Warren Siebrits website search archives - 2007
Sotheby's Johannesburg - 26th October, 2004 - cat. p. 125 - Lot 694, ill.
Query/comments:
This work which we date to 1965 - 1968 was misnamed by Sotheby's Johannesburg or the original owner's Estate; the wood appears to be "mahogany", not "Rhodesian teak"