LOT DETAILS

Materials:

polished bronze, with pigment and strings, on a bronze base

Size Notes:

15.2 cm.

Description:

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Exhibited:

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Art in Britain, 1930-40: Centred around Axis, Circle, Unit One, March - April 1965, ex. cat. London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 37.London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1972, no. 2, another cast .London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World 1914-1955, July - September 1973, no. 53, another cast : this exhibition travelled to Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, October - December.London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, 1903-1975: 50 sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, no. 6, another cast .New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Hepworth, March - April 1977, no. 14, another cast .Wakefield, City Art Gallery, BH: Polished Bronzes, May - June 2003, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to The Netherlands, Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003.

Literature:

J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, n.p., no. 117, plaster version illustrated.A. Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 46, no. 459.Exhibition catalogue, The Non-Objective World 1914-1955, London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 1973, p. 89, no. 53, another cast illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, 1903-1975: 50 sculptures from 1935 to 1970, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, n.p., no. 6, another cast illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Hepworth, New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, 1977, n.p., no 14, another cast illustrated.S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 36, 47, 104, no. 3, fig, 7, plaster cast and another cast illustrated.

Provenance:

with Mercury Gallery, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 1969.Their sale; Doyle, New York, 20 May 2020, lot 6, where purchased by the present owner.