In memoriam

LUCAS SITHOLE

1931-1994

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PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION

The sculptures on this page, in wood, are part of the PELMAMA Permanent Art Collection, formerly assembled and administered by The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Johannesburg/Basel, and donated to the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, in 2006. 

Brief Notes

One of South Africa's internationally best known sculptors, Lucas SITHOLE, working in wood, bronze, stone and liquid steel, represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale, 1968.

  < click on image!                  Lucas Sithole was the first black artist in South Africa to have a retrospective show in a public museum and a university gallery.

More than 800 important sculptures in private or public collections have been recorded or photographed, including over 70 works in the U.S.A., 40 in the U.K., 23 in Germany and Denmark, 40 in Switzerland, covering Sithole's oeuvre during the period 1958-1993. 

For better viewing, we suggest that you click on each image.

LS7711

1977

"Mamlambo" (Undiscovered Reptile)

Hardekool  47x148x50 cm

LS7803

1978

"Waterbird"

Hardekool  26x14x121 cm

LS8109 

1981

"Ungisaphi ?" (Where are you taking me ?)

Tamboutie  117x81x41 cm

LS8316 

1983

Just like that !

Mkonto wood  153x67x60 cm

LS8807

1988

"It's about time we go home"

Ironwood  170x27x16 cm

LS8808

1988

"I'll find them!"

Ironwood  145x34x16 cm

LS8914

1989

"Sizo Fikanini"

Zulu indig. wood  52x29x53 cm

 LS8915

1989

"Zimba"

Zulu indig. wood 63x36x51 cm 

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To view a selection of additional works by Lucas SITHOLE from Public, Corporate or Private Collections around the world or to get further data on this great sculptor including records of past auctions, please click on http://www.sithole.com. Included are also links to 6 videos on Lucas SITHOLE uploaded to Youtube.

See also http://www.za-ch-art-kunst.ch/ to view works by Lucas SITHOLE from a private collection in Switzerland.