LS 6203 (two casts sold)
Lucas SITHOLE
1931 - 1994
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Recent auction sales in SA, the U.K. and the USA
Important notice to present owners
If you own a work by Lucas Sithole which is not included on this website and you feel it merits to be considered, please send us full details with photographs suitable for reproduction. Your name will not be disclosed unless with your written permission, except for Corporate and University or Museum Collections.
Your collaboration is particularly useful as there have been various attempts since 2004 to offer by auction both in South Africa and abroad works wrongly attributed to the one and only Lucas T. Sithole. There have also been attempts to pass off some works as genuine works by Lucas Sithole which were in fact done by other artists during the late 1950s (details on request).
If you wish to dispose of your works by Lucas Sithole, please send us full details with good photographs suitable for reproduction, and our office will be pleased to give you a certificate of authenticity, at no costs, and if required, submit a free estimate. You need to submit the work, however, directly to your auctioneers.
Important notice to previous owners
In order to keep our extensive research files on the late Lucas Sithole up-to-date, we would appreciate your advising us if you disposed of a work in the past. This is most important should there be a museum exhibition planned at some future date, so that new owners can be contacted for a loan of their sculpture. All such information will be kept confidential and only used for museum exhibition purposes.
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Recent auction sales through Sotheby's, Bonham's and Other Auctioneers
Sotheby's / Welz in South Africa + Sotheby Associates in the U.S.A.
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Sotheby's / Welz |
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR * | CHF** | |
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Johannesburg - sculptures |
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07.06.1993 / 024 |
Standing figure# | wood and resin |
48 cm H |
5500 |
2600 |
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23.08.1993 / 395 |
Lost shepherd, 1962 | Bronze 1/4 |
039x013x014 |
4180 |
1900 |
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08.05.1995 / 297 |
Mother and child, 1965 | bronze (ed.3) on wood base | 108 (188) cm H |
9000 |
2900 |
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| 04.11.1996 / 352 | QRY.E |
Tall figure# | wood on liquid steel | 103 cm H | 21000 | 6100 |
| 08.05.2000 / 488 | LS 6104 | Township Dance, 1961 | Wood | 042x006x004 | 16000 | 3800 |
| 08.05.2000 / 489 | LS 6203.4 | Lost shepherd, 1962 | Bronze 4/4 | 039x013x014 | 14000 | 3400 |
| 08.05.2000 / 841 | LS 7003.1 | Mother and child, 1970 | Bronze 1/3 | 139x019x015 | 72000 | 17300 |
| 08.05.2000 / 842 | LS 7419 | Please don't !, 1974 | Ironwood | 035x048x022 | 7500 | 1800 |
| 12.11.2001 / 529 | QRY.B | Elongated figure# | wood/liquid steel base | 57.5 cm H |
18500 |
3200 |
| 12.11.2001 / 591 | LS 6203.4 | Lost shepherd, 1962 | Bronze 4/4 | 039x013x014 |
40000 |
6900 |
| 13.05.2002 / 455 | LS 6514 | Praying Mantis, 1965 | Light wood | 051x040x??? |
17600+ |
2700 |
| 13.05.2002 / 508 | LS 8708 | Guilty, 1987 | Rhodesian teak |
148x067x048 |
39600+ |
6000 |
| 12.05.2003 / 529 | LS 9303 | Head in green, 1993 | Wood with copper oxide patina |
57 cm H |
16500+ | 2800 |
| 12.05.2003 / 542 | LS7840 | Mother of the Crocs (Mandendevu), 1978 | Msimbiti wood |
038x128x??? |
33000+ | 5600 |
| 20.10.2003 / 350 | QRY.GG |
Standing elongated figure# |
Rhodesian teak# |
65 cm H |
14300+ | 2800 |
| 31.05.2004 / 539 | LS7006 |
Wounded Buffalo III. |
Liquid steel |
025x026x061 |
27500+ | 5300 |
| 15.11.2004 / 641 | LS8509 |
The good shepherd (Kingfisher) |
Swazi wild olive wood |
079x041x017 |
55000+ | 10700 |
| 27.03.2006 / 388 | LS5602.1 |
Rhino, 1956 |
Bronze 1/3 |
09½x025x05½ |
5750+ | 1200 |
| 31.07.2006 / 483 | LS8910 |
Tell them! (Batshelene!), 1989 |
Swazi indig. wood with copper oxide patina |
071x030x039 |
110000+ | 19800 |
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Cape Town - sculptures |
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| 15.10.2002 / 509 | LS 7003.0 |
Mother and child, 1970 |
Rhodesian teak | 139x019x015 | 132000+ | 19100 |
| 01.04.2003 / 521 | LS 8312.0 |
Dancing in the air, 1983 |
Indigenous wood (Zulu) |
103x029x018 | 16500+ | 2800 |
| 26.10.2004 / 694 | QRY.KK |
Elongated figure# |
Mahogany | 92.5 cm H | 41800+ | 8200 |
| 26.05.2009 / 349 | LS7548 |
"I'm the happiest" ("Ngijabulile"), 1975 |
Mahogany on liquid steel | 43.5 cm H | 53760+ | 7100 |
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Johannesburg - paintings and other media |
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| 08.05.1995 / 112 | QRY.D | The happy wanderer | oil/board | 84x044 |
R 2'600 |
n/a |
| 11.08.1999 / 096 | LS6818 | The Buffalo (The Bull) | acrylic/paper | 62x105 | R 5'500 | n/a |
| 12.11.2001 / 496 | LS6818 | The Buffalo | acrylic/paper | 62x105 | R12000 | n/a |
| 13.05.2002 / 270 | LS6310 | Two figures embracing | moulded copper plaque | 67.5x27.5 | R 3'080 | n/a |
| 18.04.2005 / 065 | LS6725 | Buffalo | brush and ink | 82x101 | R12100+ | n/a |
| 18.04.2005 / 066 | LS6726 | Leopard | brush and ink | 62x101 | R14300+ | n/a |
| 05.09.2005 / 430 | LS6314 | Two figures embracing | moulded copper plaque | 70x24.5 | R13200+ | n/a |
| 16.04.2007 / 597 | LS6315 | Naked couple | moulded copper plaque | 62.5x27 | R71500+ | 12100 |
| 16.04.2008 / 680 | LS6315 | Naked couple | moulded copper plaque | 62.5x27 | no bid | n/a |
| 04.08.2009 / 327 | LS6730 | Mother and Child | incised and painted glass panel | 86x41 | R12320 | 1630 |
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Titles or names marked with an # are not the original titles or names given by the artist, but have been ascribed as such by the auctioneers - will intending sellers please supply SOTHEBY's with original invoice or other original data - it will make life easier later on! |
| * = excluding buying comm.; + = including buyer's premium; ** approx. equivalent at time of auction |
To see images of works sold by auction in Johannesburg or elsewhere, click on the Register numbers where linked or search for "auction" on the internal search engine. The following are but two examples:
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LS 6203 (two casts sold) |
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Online auction held by Sotheby's Associates Sands of Time Antiquities in November 2001, including a number of other SA artists from the Rex Grey Family Collection |
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Sotheby.com |
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Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures |
Size (cm) |
US$ * | CH ** | |
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| 12.11.01 / Lot 39CQN | LS6710 | The dancer, 1967 | Kiaat on liquid steel |
101 cm H |
sold | n/a |
| 12.11.01 / Lot 39CQT | LS6816 |
Waiting woman with head scarf, 1968 | Rhodesian teak | 44 cm H | sold | n/a |
| 12.11.01 / Lot 39CR5 | LS7006 | Wounded buffalo III., 1970 | Liquid steel | 62 cm H | 489 | 800 |
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Should you be the new owner of any of the other above listed works, please advise our office confidentially as under, so that our master register may be updated. This will make it easier for museums to draw in due course on works by the late Lucas SITHOLE for exhibition and catalogue purposes, and may well be in your own interest.
Bonham's London
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Bonham's New Bond Street London |
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Bonham's |
Register |
Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures |
Size (cm) |
GBP | CH ** | |
| 23.05.07 / Sale 15349 Lot 162 | LS9001 | .You know I'm not guilty (Head), 1990 | .Zulu indigenous wood | 72x32x44 cm | £9600* | 23'300 |
| 23.05.07 / Sale 15349 Lot 161 | LS9202 | I thought I made it (Horse), 1992 | Indigenous wood | 43x27x18 cm | £3840* | 9'300 |
| 30.01.08 / Sale 15681 Lot 182 | LS9205 | Here I come! (Sengifikile), 1992 | Red ivory wood | 65x67x29 cm | £4200* | 9'100 |
| 18.02.09 / Sale 16744 Lot 067 | LS5803 |
Head study of the artist's son, 1958 |
Indigenous wood | 22 cm H | £4200* | 7'100 |
| 18.02.09 / Sale 16744 Lot 114 | LS7545 | Don't come too near, my child is afraid of strangers, 1975 | Ebony wood on liquid steel base | 39 cm H | £4560* | 7'700 |
| 14.10.09 / Sale 16848 Lot 112 | LS6301.var | The wounded leopard | Bronze - not established ed. | 31x48x45 cm | not sold | n/a |
| 14.10.09 / Sale 16848 Lot 113 | LS6312 | Head in white, 1963 | Swazi sandstone | 30x11x13 cm | £5760 | 9'300 |
| 14.10.09 / Sale 16848 Lot 156 | LS8713 | Dancing, 1987 | Zulu Indigenous wood | 62x20x11 cm | £9600 | 15'600 |
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Bonham's London
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Bonham's Knightsbridge London |
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Bonham's |
Register |
Title | Medium | Realised | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures, paintings, drawings |
Size (cm) |
GBP | CH ** | |
| 23.03.10 / Sale 17941 Lot 036 | LS6301.var | The wounded leopard | Bronze - not established ed. | 31x48x45 cm | not sold | n/a |
| 23.03.10 / Sale 17941 Lot 096 | LS6614 | Guitar player, 1966 | Charcoal and wash | 94x75 cm | not sold | n/a |
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Other auctioneers
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Strauss & Co Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Strauss&Co |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price (including buyer's premium) | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 09.03.2009 / 129 | LS6729 | Standing figure | Rhodesian teak on liquid steel base | 78x18x17 |
133'680 |
16'000 |
| 07.09.2009 / 061 | LS7003.3 | Mother and Child, 1970 | Bronze 3/3 | 139x19x15 | not sold | n/a |
| 07.09.2009 / 063 | LS6604 | Guitar Player II., 1966 | Liquid steel | 64x26x26 | not sold | n/a |
| 07.09.2009 / 120 | LS7917 | Don't leave me alone! (Musani), 1979 | Hardekool | 52x67x48 | 189'380 | 26'500 |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
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Graham's Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Graham's Fine Arts |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 19.05.2010 / 105 | LS7003.3 | Mother and Child, 1970 | bronze 3/3 | 139x19x15 |
409'250 |
62'000 |
| 19.05.2010 / 109 | LS6008 | African Man, abt. 1960 | Indigenous wood | 35x11x05 | not sold | n/a |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
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Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg |
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Russell Kaplan |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Sculptures | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 07.11.2009 / P94 | LS6815.2 | Winter, 1968 | bronze 2/3 | 76x32x27 |
115'000 |
15'700 |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
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Westgate Walding Auctioneers, Sandton |
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Westgate Walding |
Register |
Title | Medium | Hammer Price | ||
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Auction Date / Lot |
LS |
Paintings | Size (cm) | ZAR | CHF** | |
| 26.01.2008 / 432 | LS6820 | Dogs and Pups II. | mixed med/board | 63x101.5 |
41'800 |
6500 |
** approx. equivalent at time of auction
A few Sculptures are still available privately in Europe
A few sculptures by Lucas Sithole are available from private collectors in Switzerland. Please click here for further details on these and a few works by other SA artists.
In addition, a list of mainly out-of-print art books on SA artists (including Lucas Sithole) which are still available, can also be requested from "info .at. pelmama.org".
Page last updated to 7th July, 2010