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BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Lot 12
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ID 1425786
Lot 12 | BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
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BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
The Family of Man: Figure 2, Ancestor II
signed, numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 4/4 Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON' (on the back of the lower element)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 109 ½ in. (278 cm.)
Conceived in 1970; this bronze version cast in 1974




Provenance

Estate of the artist.
PaceWildenstein, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996.



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).
Barbara Hepworth: "Conversations," exh. cat., Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York, 1974, pp. 9 and 17, no. 2 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 16).
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, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, October-November 1996, pp. 7, 31, 74 and 109 (illustrated in color, p. 75).
New York, Pace Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, March-April 2018, no. 62 (illustrated in color).



Further Details

Dr. Sophie Bowness will include this work in her forthcoming revised Hepworth catalogue raisonné under the catalogue number BH 513b.
Artist:Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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