Edoardo Villa (South African, 1920 - ?)

Artwork title:	African Mask IV
Artist:	Edoardo Villa (South African, 1920 - ?)
Lot number:	4
Estimate:	ZAR 300,000 - ZAR 500,000
Medium:	Bronze with a green patina
Category:	Sculptures
Size (HxWxD):	70 cm - 38 cm (27.56 in - 14.96 in)
Date of painting:	1965
Lot description:	numbered 6/6 and incised with Fonderia Renzo Vignali Foundry mark
Misc:	Signed
Price realised:	Signedin to unlock
Auction house:	Strauss & Co \| Online
Auction sale:	C. 100 Sculptures
Auction date:	Jun 18, 2023
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.

Artwork title: African Mask IV

Artist: Edoardo Villa (South African, 1920 - ?)

Lot Number: 4

Estimate prices: ZAR 300,000 - ZAR 500,000

Medium:

Bronze with a green patina

Category:

Sculptures

Size (HxWxD): 70 cm - 38 cm (27.56 in - 14.96 in)

Date of painting: 1965

Desc:

numbered 6/6 and incised with Fonderia Renzo Vignali Foundry mark

Misc: Signed

Price realised: Signedin to unlock

Auction house: Strauss & Co | Online

Auction sale:

C. 100 Sculptures

Auction date: Jun 18, 2023

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.

Standing Figure with a green patina on a wooden base

                32 cm -
                35 cm
                
                (12.6 in -
                13.78 in)
              
HeadBronze with a brown patina, on a granite base

                29.5 cm -
                38.5 cm
                
                (11.61 in -
                15.16 in)
              
Abstract Figure Bronze with a black and green patina, on a concrete base

                63 cm -
                69 cm
                
                (24.8 in -
                27.17 in)
              
Standing FigurePainted steel

                99 cm -
                33 cm
                
                (38.98 in -
                12.99 in)
              
CompositionPainted steel

                92 cm -
                81 cm
                
                (36.22 in -
                31.89 in)
              
Abstract FormPainted steel

                45 cm -
                87 cm
                
                (17.72 in -
                34.25 in)
              
Two FiguresBronze with green and brown patina, on a granite base

                64 cm -
                176 cm
                
                (25.2 in -
                69.29 in)
              
Figure IIBronze with a verdigris patina

                72 cm -
                29 cm
                
                (28.35 in -
                11.42 in)

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