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Artworks
Edoardo Villa South African/Italian, 1915-2011
Untitled (Tibor), 1993Steel60 x 65 x 33 cmEdition of 9 (#2/9)Signed, dated and numberedFurther images
Villa’s titles in this body frequently resemble personal names. Tibor therefore belongs to a striking category – a numbered edition that is also treated as an individual. This tension reflects...Villa’s titles in this body frequently resemble personal names. Tibor therefore belongs to a striking category – a numbered edition that is also treated as an individual. This tension reflects the wider economics of twentieth-century sculpture. Editioning allowed artists and dealers to place a recognised design with more than one collector, while steel fabrication preserved the evidence of workshop labour. Serial production is not simply the opposite of originality here; it is part of the work’s material and commercial history.
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