Strauss & co - Review 2020

Earlier generations of sculptors also performed well. Edoardo Villa’s Mother and Child , a tall painted tubular steel sculpture made in 1974, sold for R1.4 million in July. Consigned by the Late Desmond Fisher Collection, Sydney Kumalo’s Madala I is a special highpoint of South African modernism and sold for R1.82 million in Ezrom Legae African Goat and She Goat Sold R2 048 400 November. Ezrom Legae’s two bronzes African Goat/She Goat , a unique pairing of two late-career goat sculptures from 1990, achieved just over R2 million at the same sale. Two sculptures by Anton van Wouw sold for just over R1 million apiece in July and November. 39