Strauss & co - Review 2009

34 Lucas Sithole S OUTH A FRICAN 1931-1994 Don’t Leave Me Alone (Musani) (LS7917) wood and black polish, 52 by 67 by 48 cm SOLD R189 380, SEPTEMBER 2009 World Record 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 alone) as she feared that the children would leave without taking her home. Post , Johannesburg 28.09.1979 (illustrated)