Lot 332
  • 332

Barbara Hepworth

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Barbara Hepworth
  • Corymb
  • Numbered 7/9 
  • Bronze
  • Height: 11 1/4 in.
  • 28.5 cm

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1962)
A gift from the above

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, 1961, no. 10
Belfast, Queen's University of Belfast, Abstract Form and Life: Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth and Biological Models, no. 1

Literature

Joseph Paul Houdin & Alan Bowness, eds., Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, illustration of another cast pl. 270
Matthew Gale & Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, illustrations of another cast pp. 192-93

Condition

Variegated green patina. Surface is clean. All structural elements are well preserved. Work is in excellent condition.
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