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DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

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ID 1051306
Lot 25 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Torso I (Ulysses)

signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth/ 6⁄6' (on the base)

bronze with a grey black patina

52 1⁄8 in. (132.4 cm.) high

Conceived in 1958 and cast in 1960 by Susse Fondeur, Paris.

This work is recorded as BH 233.





Provenance

with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Servaes.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 December 1986, lot 409.

with Gimpel Fils, London.

with New Art Centre, London, where purchased by Martin and Diane Trust in 1987.

Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2018, lot 312.

with Osborne Samuel, London, where purchased by the present owner in May 2020.



Literature

J.P. Hodin (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, São Paulo, British Council, V São Paulo Biennial, 1959, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.

J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 169, no. 233, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, 2e Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Paris, Musée Rodin, 1961, n.p., no. 157, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture 1952-1962, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, n.p., no. 31, another cast illustrated.

M. Shepherd, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1963, n.p., pl. 11, another cast illustrated.

A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1968, pp. 130-131, pl. 105, another cast illustrated.

R. Alley, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Lithographs, Uttoxeter, Arts Council of Great Britain, Abbotsholme, 1970, n.p., no. 6, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, Hakone, Open-Air Museum, 1970, n.p., another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1980, p. 15, no. 4, another cast illustrated.

A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Sault Ste. Marie, Art Gallery of Algoma, 1991, pp. 26-27, no. 4, another cast illustrated.

M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 168-170, no. 41, another cast illustrated.

P. Curtis and C. Stephens (eds.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, London, Tate Britain, 2015, pp. 177, 198, no. 102, another cast illustrated.

S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, p. 74, fig. 79, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 40-41, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.

C. Chevillot, S. Matson and S. Bowness, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Paris, Musée Rodin, 2019, pp. 37-38, 44-45, 50, 69-71, 230, 244, figs 2-3, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Works by Barbara Hepworth, June 1958, no. 9, another cast exhibited.

São Paulo, British Council, V São Paulo Biennial, Barbara Hepworth, September - December 1959, no. 16, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Montevideo, Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes, April - May 1960; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, May - June 1960; Santiago, Universidad de Santiago Art Gallery, September - October 1960; Valparaiso, Museum Of Fine Arts, October 1960; and Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, November - October 1960.

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Sculpture Exhibition, March - September 1960, no. 43, another cast exhibited.

Paris, Musée Rodin, 2e Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, 1961, no. 157, another cast exhibited.

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture 1952-1962, May - June 1962, no. 31, another cast exhibited.

Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 12, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, February - March 1966; and Essen, Museum Folkwang, April - June 1966.

St Ives, Penwith Gallery, Winter Exhibition, October - December 1969, no. 1, another cast exhibited.

Uttoxeter, Arts Council of Great Britain, Abbotsholme, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Lithographs, January - February 1970, no. 6, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, February - March 1970; Nottingham, Castle Museum, March - April 1970; Ilkley, Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, April - May 1970; Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, May 1970; Coventry, Belgrade Theatre, June 1970; Shrewsbury, Art Gallery, July 1970; Letchworth, Museum and Art Gallery; August 1970; Kettering, Art Gallery, August - September 1970; Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, September - October 1970; Cambridge, Ede Gallery; October - November 1970; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, November - December 1970; and Southampton, Art Gallery, December 1970 - January 1971.

West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, no. 4, another cast exhibited.

Sault Ste. Marie, Art Gallery of Algoma, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, August - September 1991, no. 4, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, October - November 1991; Chatham, Thames Art Gallery, December 1991 - January 1992; St. Catharines, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, February - March 1992; and Cobourg, Art Gallery of Northumberland, April - May 1992.

London, Tate Britain, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, June - October 2015, no. 102, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, November 2015 - April 2016; and Rolandseck, Arp Museum, May - August 2016.

New York, Pace Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, March - April 2018, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

Paris, Musée Rodin, Barbara Hepworth, November 2019 - March 2020, no. 1, another cast exhibited.

St Ives, Tate St Ives, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, November 2022 - May 2023, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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