Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 7 - 8 November 2021

Evening Sale
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II
  • Edoardo Villa; African Mask II


Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000

About this Item

South African 1915-2011
African Mask II

signed, dated 2007 numbered 4/6 and inscribed 'Fuso'

bronze with a brown patina
height: 72cm; width: 40cm; depth: 32cm

Notes

‘Throughout his career, (Villa) looked to the innovative stylisation of faces in African masks for inspiration for the coded rearrangement of features in his own work. His heads sometimes have two faces, reminiscent of the Luba ‘Janus’ heads. Others rely on dramatically simplified features and faceted surfaces that intersect at oblique angles and ricochet through the piece …’

Karel Nel

Literature

Chris de Klerk and Gerhard de Kamper (2012) Villa in Bronze, Pretoria: University of Pretoria Museum, another cast from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 51.

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