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Edoardo Villa

South African 1915-2011 

After the WWII a surge of energy and talent emerged in the Johannesburg art community. At the centre of this new vitality that shifted local art production toward a more African sensibility was a group of predominantly new immigrants from Europe, including Italian-born Edoardo Villa who chose to make South Africa his home after he was released from the Sonderwater prison of war camp. As an art student in Italy Villa had been exposed to the great modernist artists of the time, and in South Africa he created a cross cultural synthesis deeply rooted in a particularly African convention, his experience of war and captivity, and the modern architecture and industrialisation of the city of Johannesburg and its surrounds.

He produced a prodigious body of extraordinary sculptures in bronze and cut steel over his long career, most notably his monumental public sculptures. Villa died in 2011 at the age of 95.

Image source: Gdekamper under CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL

374 lots offered      78.61% sold      ZAR 41 652 486

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Edoardo Villa; Composition with Five Forms
Composition with Five Forms
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 33 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Woman Wrapped in a Blanket
A Woman Wrapped in a Blanket
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 57 928
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Standing Figure
A Standing Figure
16 May 2011
ZAR 180 000 - 240 000
 
Edoardo Villa; A Sentinel
A Sentinel
16 May 2011
ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000
 
Edoardo Villa; The Family
The Family
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 133 680
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Torso
A Torso
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 167 100
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Standing Abstract Composition
A Standing Abstract Composition
16 May 2011
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
 
Edoardo Villa; A Reclining Figure
A Reclining Figure
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 44 560
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Reclining Form
A Reclining Form
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 222 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; A Standing Abstract Form
A Standing Abstract Form
16 May 2011
ZAR 120 000 - 180 000
 
Edoardo Villa; A Standing Abstract Form
A Standing Abstract Form
16 May 2011
Sold for ZAR 133 680
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Edoardo Villa; Rhythmic Forms
Rhythmic Forms
1 Nov 2010
Sold for ZAR 579 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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