Edoardo Villa: career timeline

South African · 1915–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 130 of 280 lots (46% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Edoardo Villa: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	5	4	$7.5kSign up	Sculpture
1960s	21	17	$11.6kSign up	Sculpture
1970s	28	25	$8.4kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	26	19	$9.6kSign up	Sculpture
1990s	24	19	$11.1kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	26	22	$6.5kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $7.5kSign up
Average: $16.4kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 13 in (20 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)

1960s 21 works

Sold: 17 of 21
Median: $11.6kSign up
Average: $17.1kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 15.5 in (44 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (20), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (10), Birds (1)

1962 The Family$9.5kSign up
1962 The FamilyUnsold
1962 The Family$19.1kSign up
1962 Heraldic Figure, 1962$12kSign up
1963 Figure II$7.7kSign up
1963 Massai Warrior$85.2kSign up
1964 Study for Standing Figure V$5.7kSign up
1964 Villa at 90$7kSign up
1964 Column for the African Life Centre, Pretoria, [Maquette], 1964Unsold
1965 Panel for Killarney Mall Fountain$22.4kSign up
1965 Medieval Head$6.8kSign up
1965 Standing Figure V$23.4kSign up

Show 9 more (1960s)

1965 Panel for Killarney Mall FountainUnsold
1965 Standing Figure I$11.6kSign up
1965 African Mask, 1965$22.6kSign up
1966 A SentinelUnsold
1967 Standing Figure III, maquette$7kSign up
1967 Reclining Figure II$13.6kSign up
1967 Standing Figure III$5.6kSign up
1968 Standing Figure$5kSign up
1969 Abstract Bird$26.5kSign up

1970s 28 works

Sold: 25 of 28
Median: $8.4kSign up
Average: $16kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (27), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (10), Abstract (1)

1970 Maquette for Sculpture III$9.5kSign up
1970 Group III$16kSign up
1970 Standing Figure, 1970$13.4kSign up
1970 Sentinel$29.4kSign up
1970 Figure$58.7kSign up
1971 Conversation$39.7kSign up
1972 Conversation (Vertical Movement), maquette$20.7kSign up
1973 Standing Form$6.5kSign up
1973 The Environment$6.1kSign up
1974 Sculpture II$213Sign up
1975 The Meeting, maquette$41.7kSign up
1975 The Meeting, maquette$36.4kSign up

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…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 26 works

Sold: 19 of 26
Median: $9.6kSign up
Average: $13.6kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 12 in (28 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (25), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (9), Abstract (8), Birds (1)

Show 12 more (1980s)

1986 Bust$5.8kSign up
1986 Standing FigureUnsold
1986 A Standing Abstract Form$19.1kSign up
1987 Standing Form$10.5kSign up
1987 Blue Abstract Form with Red$4.4kSign up
1987 Standing Form$19.3kSign up
1987 Seated Figure$32.5kSign up
1987 Vertical Abstract Form$10.1kSign up
1987 Rhythmic Forms$82.7kSign up
1988 Winged Figure$9.6kSign up
1988 Abstract Form$14.3kSign up
1988 Standing Form$12kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 24 works

Sold: 19 of 24
Median: $11.1kSign up
Average: $13.2kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 20.5 in (70 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (23), Other (1)
Subjects: Abstract (7), Figures & portraits (2)

1990 Sentinel - AutomatonUnsold
1990 Amantis$20.7kSign up
1991 Untitled (Abstract Form)Unsold
1991 An Abstract Throne$9.8kSign up
1992 FortressUnsold
1992 Fish$24.6kSign up
1993 Mask$6.4kSign up
1993 Untitled$8kSign up
1993 Abstract Throne$4.8kSign up
1993 Reclining Abstract Figure$3.1kSign up
1993 Figure$29.4kSign up
1994 Gladiator$12.2kSign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

1994 Abstract Form$7.6kSign up
1995 Abstract Horizontal Form$18.3kSign up
1995 Abstract Form$28.8kSign up
1995 Owl I$11.1kSign up
1996 Labyrinth IIUnsold
1997 Mask$17kSign up
1997 Wall Mask$4.5kSign up
1997 Abstract Mask$4.6kSign up
1997 Endogenous$18.2kSign up
1997 Mask$2.9kSign up
1998 Untitled$18.3kSign up
1998 Black Rhombus IUnsold

2000s 26 works

Sold: 22 of 26
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $8kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 15 in (88 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (25), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Abstract (4), Birds (2)

Show 12 more (2000s)

2004 Heraldic Figure$4.1kSign up
2005 Standing Form$10kSign up
2005 Red Bird$15.4kSign up
2005 Form from Boat SeriesUnsold
2006 African MaskUnsold
2007 Standing Figure$5.4kSign up
2007 Abstract Form in Blue and Green$4.9kSign up
2007 Blue and Green Figural Forms$13.8kSign up
2007 Standing Female Figure$15.8kSign up
2008 Yellow Abstract Figure$1.9kSign up
2008 Green Form$1.7kSign up
2008 Orange Form$2.5kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

150 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $7.3kSign up
Average: $7.3kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Abstract (2)

sold 2009 Abstract Form$8.1kSign up
sold 2009 Conversation Group I$11kSign up
sold 2009 Figural Conversation$6.6kSign up
sold 2009 Abstract FormUnsold
sold 2009 A Cat$3.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 80 works

Sold: 60 of 80
Median: $7.7kSign up
Average: $12kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 7 in (30 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (73), Other (6), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (23), Abstract (11)

sold 2010 Pendant$2.1kSign up
sold 2010 Reclining Figure$11.3kSign up
sold 2010 Reclining Figure$9.9kSign up
sold 2010 Reclining FigureUnsold
sold 2010 The Family$21.2kSign up
sold 2010 Figural Relief$7.8kSign up

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sold 2011 Standing Abstract Form$26.6kSign up
sold 2011 A Totemic Form$7.7kSign up
sold 2011 A Standing Female FigureUnsold
sold 2011 An Abstract ReliefUnsold
sold 2011 Oblong Relief$3.9kSign up
sold 2011 A Torso$23.9kSign up

…and 68 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 65 works

Sold: 48 of 65
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $7.9kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 10 in (28 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (65)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (25), Abstract (14)

sold 2021 Standing FigureUnsold
sold 2021 African Mask IIUnsold
sold 2021 African Mask I$22.8kSign up
sold 2021 Standing Form$3.4kSign up
sold 2021 Torso$8kSign up
sold 2021 Figure$4.6kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2021 Reclining Figure$14.7kSign up
sold 2021 Man and Wife$5.3kSign up
sold 2022 Abstract FormUnsold
sold 2022 Hangende Vorm in Vier Kleure (Hanging Form in Four Colours)Unsold
sold 2022 Self-portrait$6.4kSign up
sold 2022 Mother and Child$51.1kSign up

…and 53 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Edoardo Villa auction results →