Important South African Art

Live Auction, 16 May 2011

Session Two

Sold for

ZAR 133 680
Lot 279
  • Edoardo Villa; The Family


Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 133 680

About this Item

South African 1915-2011
The Family

signed and dated 1962

painted steel relief, mounted on wood
49 by 51 by 8cm

Notes

The Family, constructed from steel, is an excellent example of the sculptures that Edoardo Villa created in the early sixties. At this time he was developing an expressive vocabulary that both acknowledged his European heritage, taking cognisance of the modernist explorations of form and abstraction while also devising a more local iconography inspired by African cattle horns and thorn trees.

Angular shapes cut from steel are combined to suggest the elements of a family – complex relationships, lively engagements, similarities and distinctions. Through the superb interplay of dramatic form and light, some elements advance while others are submerged in the shadows – as often happens in family situations.

Literature

Lola Watter, ‘Edoardo Villa’ in Heine Toerien and Georges Duby (Editors), Our Art 3, Pretoria, n.d., pages 61 – 65, illustrated.

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