Dame Barbara Hepworth (British
Dame Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903-1975)
Two Forms (Atlantic)
each form numbered '4/10' (on the base)
polished bronze
8.5 cm. (3 1/3 in.) high (not including base)
Conceived in 1961
Sold for £64,850 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    With Gimpel Fils, London, 1962, where purchased by the family of the present owner

    EXHIBITED:
    London, Whitechapel Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, May-June 1962, no.68 (another cast), where lent by the artist
    Rochester, University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, The Arthur and Molly Stern Collection, 1962, no.13 (another cast)
    London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April-May 1968, no.119 (another cast)

    LITERATURE:
    Alan Bowness (Ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, 1960-1969, Lund Humphries, London, 1971, cat.no.309, p.32, (pl.50, another cast ill.b&w)

    Another cast of the present lot achieved $80,500 at auction in November 2011.

Category: Fine Art / Modern British and Irish Art


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