Sydney Alex Kumalo (South African, 1935 - 1988)

Artwork title: Seated Woman

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

Size (HxWxD): 58.5 cm - 22 cm (23.03 in - 8.66 in)

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Literature: Grosvenor Gallery (1966) Kumalo–Skotnes, exhibition catalogue, London: Grosvenor Gallery, illustrated on front cover, catalogue number 21. South African Breweries (1966) South African Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1966, exhibition catalogue, Cape Town: SAB, catalogue number 52. Anonymous (1966) ‘Kumalo show’, Artlook, 1(1) November, illustrated on page 9. South African Association of Arts (1967) Sydney Kumalo, Solo Exhibition of Bronzes and Drawings, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: SAAA, catalogue number 8. Anonymous (1967) ‘Artist’, Pretoria News, 21 March, illustrated on page 3. Grosvenor Gallery (1968) Sculpture from the Human Form, exhibition catalogue, London: Grosvenor Gallery, catalogue number 38. Lola Watter (1968) Sydney Kumalo - Sculptor, Lantern, 18(1) September: page 40, illustrated as plate 9. Jenny Basson (1976) Zulu Culture Abroad, Bantu, 23(5) Hune, illustrated on page 7. Lola Watter (1978) ‘Sydney Kumalo’, in Our Art Vol 3, Pretoria: Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, page 71, illustrated as figure V. James Ambrose Brown (1978) South African Art, Cape Town: MacDonald, illustrated on page 53. EJ de Jager (1978) Contemporary African Sculpture in South Africa, Fort Hare Papers, 6(6) September, illustrated as number 7. Elza Miles (2004) Polly Street, The Story of an Art Centre, Johannesburg: The Ampersand Foundation,page 132, illustrated as figure 161.

Classification: Sculpture