Modern British & Irish Art

Modern British & Irish Art

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Property from a British Family Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Curved Form (Bryher)

Auction Closed

November 23, 02:38 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 800,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a British Family Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903 - 1975

Curved Form (Bryher)


bronze with string

height (excluding base): 56cm.; 22in.

width (excluding base): 28cm.; 11in.

depth (excluding base): 11cm.; 4½in.

Conceived in 1961, the present work is number 7 from the edition of 9.


This work will be included in the revised catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture being prepared by Dr. Sophie Bowness under the catalogue no. BH299.

Acquired directly from the Artist through the Whitechapel Gallery, London, August 1962, and thence by descent to the present owners

Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, Lund Humphries, London, 1971, p. 31, illustrated no. 299 (another cast)