ID 1064408
Lot 18 | BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
The Family of Man: Ancestor II
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 3⁄4 Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 109 3⁄8 in. (276.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1970; this bronze version cast in 1974
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired from the artist).
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kohl, Milwaukee.
Hokin Gallery Inc., Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 11 February 1983.
Literature
A.M. Hammacher, intro., Barbara Hepworth: The Family of Man—Nine Bronzes and Recent Carvings, exh. cat., Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London, 1972, pp. 6, 20 and 63, no. 2 (full series illustrated in color in situ, pp. 16-17; another cast illustrated in color, p. 21; another cast illustrated again, p. 63).
A.G. Wilkinson., Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, 1996, pp. 7, 31, 74 and 109 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 75).
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth: Revised Edition, New York, 1998, p. 203 (full series and another cast illustrated, pp. 198-199, fig. 178).
Exhibited
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., Barbara Hepworth: “Conversations,” March-April 1974, pp. 9 and 17, no. 2 (illustrated, p. 9; illustrated again in color, p. 16).
Further Details
The Family of Man: Ancestor II is included as BH 513 b in the Hepworth catalogue raisonné of sculptures being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
| Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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