ID 1174999
Lot 7 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Maquette for Winged Figure
brass with Isopon and metal string, on a concrete base
24 in. (61 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1957 in an edition of 8.
This work is recorded as BH 227.
Provenance
Sir Keith Showering, by 1961, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 169, no. 227.
P. Curtis and A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate, 1994, pp. 138, 164, no. 55, another from the edition illustrated.
C. Chevillot, S. Matson and S. Bowness, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Paris, Musée Rodin, 2019, p. 122, no. 66, another from the edition illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Work by Barbara Hepworth, June 1958, ex-cat, no. 22, another from the edition exhibited.
Trenton, The New Jersey State Museum, Festival '72: Exhibition of Decorative and Fine Arts from New Jersey Private Collections, May - September 1972, another from the edition exhibited, catalogue not traced.
Liverpool, Tate, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, September - December 1994, no. 55, another from the edition exhibited.
Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Barbara Hepworth, January - March 2006, another from the edition exhibited. .
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Within the Landscape, July - September 2014, another from the edition exhibited.
Paris, Musée Rodin, Barbara Hepworth, November 2019 - March 2020, no. 66, another from the edition exhibited.
Margate, Turner Contemporary, Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950-1970, February - May 2024, another from the edition exhibited.
Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Brass |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Brass |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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