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Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 56 280
Location
Cape Town
About this Item
South African 1915-2011
Kneeling Figure
bronze on a granite base
height: 42,5cm; width: 16cm; depth: 36cm
Notes
This work was originally cast by the Partners Bronze Age Foundry, Hartbeespoort, c.1985. It was repatinated and retrospectively stamped by Vignali Foundry in 2019. Six casts and one artist's proof of the work were made by the Vignali Foundry, Pretoria, after 1995.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Hannes Harrs, thence by descent.Literature
Chris de Klerk and Gerard de Kamper (2012) Villa in Bronze: A Comprehensive Reference to the Castings of Edoardo Villa, another cast of the same work illustrated on page 150.Other lots that might interest you
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