Jack Lugg
Nongqawuse's Dream
About this Item
signed and dated 62; inscribed with the title twice, dated and further inscribed 'Cattle Killing-African Legend'; indistinctly inscribed with the artist's statement on a sheet of paper adhered to the reverse
Notes
Accompanied by Sarah Sinisi (2019) The House that Jack Built: An Illustrated Biography of Jack Lugg, Cape Town: Jack Lugg Art Gallery.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist's family.
Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 11 November 2019, lot 90.
Exhibited
Gallery 101, Johannesburg, Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Drawing and Graphic Art by Jack Lugg, 1962.
Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London, Jack Lugg Retrospective, 2018.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum, Port Elizabeth, Jack Lugg Retrospective, 2018.
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Jack Lugg Retrospective, 2019.
Literature
The Art Critic (1962) The Star, Tuesday 26 June.
Sarah Sinisi (2019) The House that Jack Built: An Illustrated Biography of Jack Lugg, Cape Town: Jack Lugg Art Gallery, illustrated in colour on page 162.
