ID 1308552
Lot 219 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
Single Form
polished bronze, on a bronze base
20 ¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in lignum vitae in 1937 and cast in bronze in 1962.
This is cast 2 from an edition of 7.
This work is recorded as BH 92B.
Provenance
with Blair Laing Galleries, Toronto, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Harry Davidson in June 1962, and by descent.
with Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, 1998.
with Nevill Keating, London, where purchased by the present owners in September 2000.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 164, no. 92, lignum vitae version listed.
Exhibited
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Exhibition of Work by Barbara Hepworth, March 1964, no. 13.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, June 1964, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| 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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