Saturday Live
Live Auction, 8 June 2019
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
About this Item
South African 1915-2011
Kneeling Figure
unsigned and undated
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 is illustrated on page 150.Other lots that might interest you
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