General
General
Object Auto ID
66127
Common Name
Where Have They Gone to?
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

This work on paper, by the South African artist Cyprian Shilakoe is an etching belonging to the JAG. It is numbered as 5/15, and was produced in 1969.

Provenance

Bought by the JAG from the Goodman Gallery in May 1972.

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Paper
Technique Types
Etching
Colours
Black & Grey
Distinguishing Features

Handwritten notes (edition number, artist name and date) in pencil

Inscriptions
Handwritten notes (edition number, artist name and date) in pencil
Measurement Type Unit Value
Height
cm
31.70
Width
30.50
History
Object Age
1969
Maker Comment
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe was born on 3rd August 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission station at Buchbeesreich in the Transvaal. From 1968 to 1970 he was a pupil at Rorke's Drift and studied under Azaria Mbatha.
In 1970 he settled at a Lutheran mission station near Roodepoort where he had a studio. He had a close working relationship with Dan Rakgoathe and produced wooden sculpture and etchings.

Shilakoe died in a motorcar accident in September 1972.
Production Place
South Africa
Collector
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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Media
Provenance info for Cyprian Shilakoe Where Have They Gone To? (495.73 KB)
Condition report for JAGP1986 (779.73 KB)
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