Lot 111
  • 111

Barbara Hepworth

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Barbara Hepworth
  • Four-Square (Four Circles)
  • inscribed Barbara Hepworth, dated 1966, numbered 1/7 and stamped with the foundry mark cire perdue Morris Singer Founders London
  • bronze
  • height: 60cm., 23 5/8 in.

Provenance

Gimpel Fils Ltd., London
Bloch Family (acquired from the above in 1969)

Literature

Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, no. 428, illustration of another cast p. 43
Barbara Hepworth, A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue), Tate Gallery, Liverpool; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven & Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1994-95, no. 74, illustration of another cast p. 107

Condition

Attractive varied dark brown and green patina. Apart from some light handling wear, including some minor scratches to the tiered base, this work is in very good original condition.
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