Lucas SITHOLE
Mini Master Registry
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Master Registry Reference numbers in date order and last known whereabouts have also been included.
Works withdrawn and/or destroyed by Lucas Sithole
Lucas was very critical of his own work - over the years, he often took back unsold works which he had previously exhibited at the gallery as he was no longer satisfied with them.
Sometimes he would rework them, often dramatically, and then later they would come back onto the gallery scene with the same name - as various stages - or a new name, and they would be given a new registry number reflecting the year completed.
Sometimes however, Lucas Sithole simply destroyed these works by stripping them or chopping them down, by burning or digging them into the ground. It did not matter that they had already been exhibited, even abroad, or reviewed and documented.
Here follow a few images of works that no longer exist, that were withdrawn, incompletely reworked or even destroyed by the artist
LS7302 "Makamela" - recorded in SITHOLE book, p. 226 - withdrawn or destroyed in 1975
LS7404 "Peacemaker's wife II." - recorded in SITHOLE book, p. 227 - withdrawn or destroyed in 1978
LS7405 "Let your love into my heart" - recorded in SITHOLE book, p. 227 - withdrawn or destroyed in 1978
LS7406 "Perseverance" - recorded as LS7323; see SITHOLE book, p. 228 - withdrawn or destroyed in 1978
LS7407 "Forgive me" - recorded in SITHOLE book, p. 228 - withdrawn or destroyed in 1978
The above are only a very few of the documented cases.