Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture

Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Barbara Hepworth

Elegy III

Auction Closed

June 27, 06:01 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000,000 - 6,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Barbara Hepworth

1903 - 1975


Elegy III

signed Barbara Hepworth, dated 1966, numbered 4/6 and stamped with foundry mark Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON (on the base)

bronze

height: 132.5 cm. 52 ⅛ in.

Conceived and cast in 1966, the present work is number 4 from the edition of 6 plus one artist’s proof.


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. BH 429.


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知名私人收藏

芭芭拉・赫普沃斯

1903 - 1975 年


《輓歌 III》

款識︰藝術家簽名Barbara Hepworth、紀年1966、標記4/6並蓋鑄造廠章Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON(底座)

青銅

高:132.5 公分;52⅛ 英寸

1966年構思及鑄造,一版6件,此作為第4件,另有1個藝術家自留版

Private Collection, California (acquired from the artist through Gimpel Weitzenhoffer in 1969)
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)
Thomas Dane Gallery, London (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, 1968, no. 169, p. 48, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Recent Acquisitions, 1968, no. 17, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Gimpel Weitzenhoffer, Barbara Hepworth, 1969, no. 7, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Plymouth City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, 1970, no. 45, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth, 1970, no. 20, another cast illustrated
Alan Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, 1960-69, London, 1971, no. 429, pl. 158, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden, Barbara Hepworth: Late Works, 1976, no. 5, p. 13, another cast illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Wildenstein, Barbara Hepworth. Sculptures from the Estate, 1996, p. 61, another cast illustrated
Abraham Marie Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1998, no. 170, p. 190, another cast illustrated
Sophie Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters - The Gift to Wakefield, London, 2011, no. 26, p. 147, plaster illustrated and pl. 50, p. 56, other casts illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Pace Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, 2018, p. 49, another cast illustrated
Tate Archive, Barbara Hepworth: Volume of Sculpture Records, no. BH429, another cast illustrated, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-7247-36/hepworth-volume-of-sculpture-records/49 (accessed on 15 May 2023)
London, Syon Park, Sculpture Exhibition, 1968