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This is the rating and price for Don'T Leave Me Alone (Musani) (Ls 7917) by Lucas Sithole


Lucas Sithole (1931-1994)
About the lot N° 120
Don'T Leave Me Alone (Musani) (Ls 7917)
Medium: wood and black polish
Size : 52 by 67 by 48cm Price: 25 245.51 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 100000 ZAR-150000 ZAR It's free to register now to view!
Strauss & Co, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!

Sale Title : Important British, Continental and South African Paintings Live Auction It's free to register now to view!
Sale date : 07 Sep 2009 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

Provenance : [Propriété non datée] - Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Literature : Post, Johannesburg 28.09.1979 (illustrated)
Notes : The figure is of a blind woman who used to sell oranges outside a Soweto school during breaks and at the end of school.  She and her oranges were taken by some children to the school and then taken home again at the end of the day.  On one particular day Lucas Sithole was driving past when he heard the woman crying out Musani ukungishiya (Don't leave me behind) as she feared that the children would leave without taking her home.

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