Lot 142
  • 142

Barbara Hepworth

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Barbara Hepworth
  • Four Hemispheres
  • signed and numbered 6/10
  • lead crystal
  • height (each element): 16cm.; 6¼in.
  • Conceived in 1970, the present work is number 6 from the edition of 10.

Provenance

Commissioned from the Artist by Carborundum Company, Niagara Falls, New York
Gifted from the above to Kenneth J. Galm, Indianapolis in 1974
Gifted from the above to Montrose Davis McClenny & Charlotte Galm McClenny, Indianapolis, from whom acquired by the family of the present owner

Literature

Carborundum Company (ed.), The Abrasive Marketing Report, New York, 1974, illustrated on the cover;
Barbara Hepworth: Conversations, exh. cat., Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1974, p.51;
Barbara Hepworth, exh. cat., Marlborough Galerie AG, Zurich, 1975, illustrated p.37 (another cast);
Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, exh. cat., Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1979, p.66 (another cast);
Barbara Hepworth: Carvings, exh. cat., Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1982, p.38 (another cast).

Condition

Lead crystal. Apart from some very minor surface scratches, primarily to the bottom of the bases, this work is in excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Dr. Sophie Bowness for her kind assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for the present work, which will feature in her forthcoming revised catalogue raisonné of the Artist's sculpture.