Barbara Hepworth

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Description

Barbara Hepworth
Orpheus (Maquette I)
Brass and string
Height (excluding base): 17in. (43.2cm)

Literature

J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, Neuchâtel, 1961, no. 221, catalogued p. 169

Catalogue Note

The present work is part of the the first of two maquette series for Theme on Electronics (Orpheus), a large-scale work commissioned in 1956 by the electronics company Mullards Ltd. for their headquarters at Mullard House, London.