Strauss & co - 8 June 2019, Johannesburg

230 Edoardo Villa SOUTH AFRICAN 1915–2011 Kneeling Figure unsigned and undated bronze on a granite base height: 42,5 cm; width: 16 cm; depth: 36 cm R40 000 – 60 000 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. ITEM 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.