C. 100 Sculptures

Timed Online Auction, 19 June - 5 July 2023

Session One

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  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask IV
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask IV
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask IV
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ZAR 300 000 - 500 000
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ZAR 519 863

About this Item

Edoardo Villa
South African 1915-2011
African Mask IV

signed, dated 1965, numbered 6/6 and incised with Fonderia Renzo Vignali Foundry mark; cast in 2008

bronze with a green patina
height: 70cm; width: 38cm; depth: 36cm

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Edoardo Villa Trust by the current owner.

The John and Elisabeth Bradley Collection, Johannesburg.

Literature

Gavin Watkins and Charles Skinner (2023) The Sculptures of Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae: A Catalogue Raisonné, Johannesburg: Strauss & Co. Another cast illustrated in colour on page 14.

Karel Nel, Elizabeth Burroughs and Amalie von Maltitz (eds) (2005) Villa at 90, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball with Shelf Publishing. Another cast illustrated in colour on page 53.

Chris de Klerk and Gerard de Kamper (2012) Villa in Bronze, Pretoria: The University of Pretoria Museum, another cast illustrated in colour on page 53.

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