Lot 113
  • 113

Barbara Hepworth

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Barbara Hepworth
  • Upright Solitary Form (Amulet)
  • Numbered 1 10
  • Bronze
  • Height: 3 3/8 in.
  • 8.6 cm

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London
Mrs. Canfield, New York (acquired from the above in April 1962)
Thence by descent

Literature

Barbara Hepworth, An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962 (exhibition catalogue), Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1962, no. 67, illustration of another cast
Small Sculpture (exhibition catalogue), Waddington Galleries, London, 1962, no. 27, illustration of another cast
Barbara Hepworth, Tate, London, 1968, no. 118, illustration of another cast
Alan Bowness, ed., The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-9, New York, 1971, no. 308, illustration of another cast pl. 49
Barbara Hepworth (exhibition catalogue), Gimpel Fils, London, 1972, no. 18, illustration of another cast
Barbara Hepworth, 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970 (exhibition catalogue), Gimpel Fils, London, 1975, no. 33, illustration of another cast
Barbara Hepworth (exhibition catalogue), Gimpel Weitzenhoffer, New York, 1977, no. 7, illustration of another cast
Barbara Hepworth, Polished Bronzes (exhibition catalogue), New Art Centre, Roche Court, 2001, illustration of another cast

Condition

Polished bronze. The work sits on a wooden base at one point on the underside. Some spots of pitting with associated verdigris in places, primarily near the bottom of the back of the work, otherwise fine. This work is in very good condition.
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