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DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Lot 118
19.10.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1051387
Lot 118 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
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£ 120 000 – 180 000
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Three Forms

signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 2⁄9' (on the reverse of the base)

polished bronze, on a bronze base

18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, including base

Conceived in alabaster in 1935 and cast in bronze in 1971 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.

This work is recorded as BH 521.





Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1974.

with Galeria Arte/Contacto, Caracas.

with Galeria Conkright, Caracas, where purchased by a private collector in the 1980s.

Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 June 2005, lot 387.

with New Art Centre, Roche Court, where purchased by the present owner in January 2011.



Literature

J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 163, no. 66, alabaster version listed.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Osaka, Gallery Kasahara, 1978, pp. 11, 23, no. 7, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, 1978, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, 1982, n.p., another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Sculptures, Reliefs and Drawings, London, Gimpel Fils, 1989, n.p., no. 24a, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Frost, Hepworth, Heron, Hilton, Lanyon, Scott, London, Beaux Arts, 1998, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

Exhibition catalogue, Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, 2017, p. 51, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 16-17, no. 16, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - September 1971, no. 2, another cast exhibited.

St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, September - November 1971, no. 3, another cast exhibited.

Osaka, Gallery Kasahara, Barbara Hepworth, February - March 1978, no. 7, another cast exhibited.

Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, no. 1, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September - October 1978; Hawick, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1978; and Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November - December 1978.

Zürich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Barbara Hepworth - Ben Nicholson: A Dialogue, November 1978 - January 1979, no. 3, another cast exhibited.

Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape, October - November 1982, no. 1, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and Isle of Man, The Manx Museum, February 1983.

London, Gimpel Fils, Sculptures, Reliefs and Drawings, June - September 1989, no. 24a, another cast exhibited.

London, Beaux Arts, Frost, Hepworth, Heron, Hilton, Lanyon, Scott, February 1998, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

London, Robert Sandelson, Barbara Hepworth, November 2001 - January 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, May - June 2003, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003.

London, Beaux Arts, St Ives, February - April 2007, exhibition not numbered.

London, Beaux Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - September 2009, ex-cat.

Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection, February 2017 - March 2018, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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