Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 7 - 8 November 2021
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 500 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 341 400
About this Item
South African 1915-2011
African Mask I
signed, dated 1964 and numbered A/P
bronze with a brown patina
height: 68cm; width: 30cm; depth: 23cm
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 case from the edition illustrated in colour on page 50.
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