Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935 - 1988)

Artwork title: Head Big Ears (Elongated)

Artist:  Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935 - 1988)

Size (HxWxD): 56 cm - 28 cm (22.05 in - 11.02 in)

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Literature: Grosvenor Gallery (1966) Kumalo–Skotnes, exhibition catalogue, London: Grosvenor Gallery, catalogue number 16. 33rd Venice Biennale, exhibition catalogue, 1966, catalogue number 17, illustrated.  South African Breweries (1966) South African Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1966, exhibition catalogue, Cape Town: SAB, catalogue number 54. South African Association of Arts (1967) Sydney Kumalo, Solo Exhibition of Bronzes and Drawings, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: SAAA, catalogue number 1. Anonymous (1967) ‘Kumalo’, South African Panorama, 12(8) August, illustrated on page 26. Johannesburg Art Gallery (1967) Fourteenth Exhibition of the Transvaal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: JAG, catalogue number 54. Lola Watter (1968) ‘Sydney Kumalo – Sculptor’, Lantern, 18(1) September: page 41, illustrated as plate 10. EJ de Jager (1973) Contemporary African Art in South Africa, Cape Town: Struik, illustrated as figure 83. EJ de Jager (1978) ‘Contemporary African Sculpture in South Africa’, Fort Hare Papers, 6(6) September, illustrated as number 2. Lola Watter (1978) ‘Sydney Kumalo’, in Our Art Vol 3, Pretoria: Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, page 71, illustrated as figure VI. Frieda Harmsen (1985) Looking at South African Art: A Guide to the Study and Appreciation of Art, Pretoria: Van Schaik, page 298, illustrated as figure 282(3) International Peter Stuyvesant Foundation (1984) Image of Man: The Human Head in Modern Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: International Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, illustrated on page 49.

Exhibited: 33rd Venice Biennale, 18 June to 16 October 1966. Grosvenor Gallery, London, Kumalo–Skotnes, 12 July to 6 August 1966. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South African Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1966, September to October 1966. Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, South African Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1966, November to December 1966. Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South African Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1966, 11 to 31 January 1967 Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg, Sydney Kumalo, Bronzes and Drawings, 21 February to 10 March 1967. South African Association of Arts, Pretoria, Sydney Kumalo, Solo Exhibition of Bronzes and Drawings, 20 March to 1 April 1967. Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, Fourteenth Exhibition of the Transvaal Academy, 24 October to 5 November 1967. International Peter Stuyvesant Foundation: Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Pietermaritzburg, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Image of Man: The Human Head in Modern Sculpture, 5 April 1984 to 12 May 1985.

Classification: Sculpture