Made in Britain Day Auction

Made in Britain Day Auction

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Property from a Private Collection, UK

Dame Barbara Hepworth

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Live auction begins on:

June 7, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Bid

42,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, UK

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903 - 1975

Vertical Form


numbered 0/7 (on the side)

bronze, on a slate base

height (not including black base): 67cm.; 26¼in.

height (including black base): 72cm.; 28¼in.

Conceived in 1962 and cast in 1964, the present work is number 0 from the edition of 7 + 0.


This work will be included in the revised catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture being prepared by Dr. Sophie Bowness under the catalogue no. BH 353.

The Estate of the Artist, where acquired by the present owner, 17 July 2007, via the New Art Centre, Salisbury 

Alan Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-1969, Lund Humphries, London, 1971, no. 353, illustrated p. 37 (another cast)

London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, June 1964, no. 39 (another cast)

St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Penwith Society, November 1964 (another cast)

London, Gimpel Fils, Collectors' Choice XIII, March - April 1965, no. 45, illustrated in the exh. cat. (another cast)

Copenhagen, British Council, Kunstforeningen, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1964, no. 37, (another cast) with tour to Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Ateneum, Helsinki, Utstilling I Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo and Rietveld Pavilion, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

Basel, Kunsthalle, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 1, illustrated in the exh. cat. (another cast), with tour to Badischer Kunstverein, Karslruhe and Museum Folkwang, Essen

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, British Council, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1965, no. 31, pp. 78-79, illustrated in the exh. cat. (another cast)

London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 141

Uttoxeter, Abbotsholme, Arts Council of Great Britain, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture and Lithographs, January - February 1970, no. 10, illustrated in the exh. cat., with tour to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Castle Museum, Nottingham, Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, Ilkeley, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Art Gallery, Shrewsbury, Museum and Art Gallery, Letchworth, Art Gallery, Kettering, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Ede Gallery, Cambridge, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne and Art Gallery, Southampton

London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth 1903 - 1975, October - November 1975, no. 37 (another cast)

Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: a Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April 1978 - March 1979, no. 16, with tour to Inverness Art Gallery, Inverness, Dundee Museum and Art Gallery, Dundee, Lille Art Gallery, Milngavie, Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, Hawick, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr and Talbot Rice Art Centre, Edinburgh

Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, 1994 – 1995, no. 68, illustrated p. 121 and p. 164 (another cast), with tour to Yale Center for British Art, New Haven and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Salisbury, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth Centenary, 12 January - 6 April 2003 (another cast)