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DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)

Lot 30
08.06.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 964924
Lot 30 | DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Head (Ra)
signed, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 3/7 /1971' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze with a green and polished patina, on a bronze base
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, including base
Hepworth, Dame B.
Conceived in marble in 1971 and cast in bronze in 1972 by Morris Singer Founders, London.
This work is recorded as BH 539.



Provenance

The artist's estate, until 2002.

with New Art Centre, Roche Court, where purchased by Robin Hambro in 2002.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, Toronto, Marlborough Godard, 1973, p. 14, no. 13, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Carvings and Bronzes, New York, Marlborough Gallery, 1979, p. 14, no. 49, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, New York, Wildenstein, 1996, pp. 89, 109, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

St Ives, Penwith Gallery, Summer Exhibition, June - September 1972, another cast exhibited.

Toronto, Marlborough Godard, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May 1973, no. 13, another cast exhibited.

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Carvings and Bronzes, May - June 1979, no. 49, another cast exhibited.

New York, Wildenstein, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, October - November 1996, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.



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Artist:Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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