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In memoriam |
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LUCAS SITHOLE |
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1931-1994 |
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PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION |
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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. |
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Brief Notes |
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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. |
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Lucas Sithole was the first black artist in South Africa to have a retrospective show in a public museum and a university gallery. |
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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. |
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LS7711 1977 "Mamlambo" (Undiscovered Reptile) |
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Hardekool 47x148x50 cm |
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LS7803 1978 "Waterbird" |
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Hardekool 26x14x121 cm |
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LS8109 1981 "Ungisaphi ?" (Where are you taking me ?) |
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Tamboutie 117x81x41 cm |
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LS8316 1983 Just like that ! |
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LS8807 1988 "It's about time we go home" |
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LS8808 1988 "I'll find them!" |
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Ironwood 170x27x16 cm |
Ironwood 145x34x16 cm |
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LS8914 1989 "Sizo Fikanini" |
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LS8915 1989 "Zimba" |
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Zulu indig. wood 52x29x53 cm |
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. See also http://www.za-ch-art-kunst.ch/ to view works by Lucas SITHOLE from a private collection in Switzerland. |
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| Copyright on all works by Lucas SITHOLE is held by The Haenggi Foundation Inc. - for details go to this link. | |||||
