DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

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Lot 2 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Hollow Oval (January)

signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'B.H. 7⁄9' (on the back of the base)

polished bronze, with a green patina in the interior, and strings

7 3⁄8 in. (18.8 cm.) wide

Conceived in 1965 and cast by Morris Singer, London.

This work is recorded as BH 375.







Provenance

Mrs Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Her sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 199, where purchased by the present owner.





Literature

H. Read (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Exhibition of Sculpture, New York, Marlborough Gerson Gallery, 1966, n.p., no. 27, illustrated.

R. Alley (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 40, 60, no. 148, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 39, no. 375, another cast illustrated.

A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Ontario, 1991, pp. 36, 46, no. 13, another cast illustrated.





Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Collector's Choice XIII, March - April 1965, no. 46, another cast exhibited.

New York, Marlborough Gerson Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Exhibition of Sculpture, April - May 1966, no. 27.

London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 148, another cast exhibited.





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