Strauss & co - 6 February 2012, Cape Town

200 610 Edoardo Daniele VILLA SOUTH AFRICAN 1915-2011 Africa steel height: 90cm R120 000 – 180 000 PROVENANCE Edgar Bold, and thence by descent A similar sculpture entitled African Chief is in the Permanent Collection of Iziko South African National Gallery. This piece can be compared to the much larger steel sculpture which was commissioned in 1959 for the Union Pavilion in the Milner Park Showgrounds, Johannesburg. Standing almost seven metres tall, Africa is one of Villa’s watershed pieces, and though the title could arguably be linked to its having been commissioned for the Union of South Africa’s pavilion, it more probably suggests his active and positive identification with the country and continent of his choice. Africa is now to be seen in the grounds of Kumba Resources headquarters in Pretoria. Amalie von Maltitz and Karel Nel, Eduardo Villa: A Life Considered, Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 2005, page 44