Sale
17941 - The South African Sale Part 1, 23 Mar 2010
Knightsbridge
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Lot No: 36*
Lucas Tandokwazi Sithole (South African, 1931-1994)
The wounded leopard
bronze
31 x 48 x 45 cm (12 3/16 x 18 7/8 x 17 3/4 in).
together with an unframed photograph of the artist with a version of the bronze, (2)
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000, R 24,000 - 36,000
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Footnote:
Adler Fielding Gallery produced four casts of this subject which were signed and numbered by the artist. The above work is a unsigned cast, possibly a founder's proof. The original wooden sculpture is in a private collection in South Africa.
PROVENANCE:
Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg, April 1966
A private collection, USA
The Johannesburg Star reviewed the exhibition on 15th April 1966 and stated:
"His animal sculptures are exciting - sometimes harrowing to the features - but never static or sentimental. The Leopard whipping around in snarling fury."
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