Property of a Lady
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Reclining Figure II
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:50 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Dame Barbara Hepworth
1903 - 1975
Reclining Figure II
scented guarea
61 by 29.5 by 18.5 cm. 24 by 11½ by 7¼ in.
Executed in 1955-56.
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 205.
Philip James, London
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Christie’s, London, 21 November 2003, lot 182 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent works by Barbara Hepworth, June 1956, no. 7 (as part of Three Forms (The Seasons))
London, William Darby, Barbara Hepworth 1903 - 1975, 10 - 28 November 1975, cat. 4, illustrated
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 168, no. 205
Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, p. 251
Penelope Curtis, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, Tate Publishing, London, 2015, pp. 189 (note 2), 191 (note 46)
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