DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

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Lot 107 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Three Curves with Strings [Gold Mincarlo]

signed with initials, numbered, dated and stamped with London hallmark for 18 carat gold 'B.H. 1971/ 2 / 12.' (on the underside of the base), one gold element stamped with maker's mark 'MSFL' for Morris Singer Foundry, London, hallmark for 18 carat gold and date letter for 1971, and three gold elements stamped with London hallmark for 18 carat gold

18 carat gold, on a black stone base

6 3⁄8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1971 and cast by Morris Singer Foundry, London in an edition of 12, plus an artist's cast.

This work is recorded as BH 520.





Provenance

Commissioned by Morris Singer Foundry, London, and Christie’s Contemporary Art, London, in 1971.

Acquired from the above by Ralph Ehrmann in January 1973.

Acquired from the above by the present owners.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, William Darby, 1975, n.p., no. 10, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Late Hepworth: An Exhibition in Celebration of The Hepworth, Wakefield, London, Phillips in collaboration with The Hepworth, Wakefield, 2016, p. 31, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Alwin Gallery, Bronze, Silver and Gold, August - September 1973, no. 20, another cast exhibited.

London, William Darby, Barbara Hepworth, November 1975, no. 10, another cast exhibited.

London, Phillips in collaboration with The Hepworth, Wakefield, Late Hepworth: An exhibition in celebration of The Hepworth, Wakefield, July - August 2016, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.



Further Details

We are grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for this work. Dr Sophie Bowness is preparing the revised catalogue raisonné of Hepworth’s sculpture.
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