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Two Forms (January 1967)
Details
BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Two Forms (January 1967)
signed, numbered, and dated ‘Barbara Hepworth 1967 9⁄9’ (on the base); stamped with foundry mark ‘MS’ (on the side of the base)
polished bronze, on a bronze base
23.5 (H) x 29.2 x 19 cm. (9 1⁄4 x 11 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in.)
Conceived in 1967 and cast in 1967 by Morris Singer Foundry, London
Two Forms (January 1967)
signed, numbered, and dated ‘Barbara Hepworth 1967 9⁄9’ (on the base); stamped with foundry mark ‘MS’ (on the side of the base)
polished bronze, on a bronze base
23.5 (H) x 29.2 x 19 cm. (9 1⁄4 x 11 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in.)
Conceived in 1967 and cast in 1967 by Morris Singer Foundry, London
Provenance
The Artist
Gimpel Fils, London (on consignment from the above in September 1967)
Mrs. Russell (acquired through the above gallery)
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo (by descent from the above)
Galleri K, Oslo (acquired from the above in 2020)
Private collection, Asia
Gimpel Fils, London (on consignment from the above in September 1967)
Mrs. Russell (acquired through the above gallery)
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo (by descent from the above)
Galleri K, Oslo (acquired from the above in 2020)
Private collection, Asia
Literature
A. Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-1969, London, 1971, no.436, pp.44-45 (illustrated, another cast).
Exhibited
Plymouth, Plymouth City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June – August 1970 (another cast exhibited).
Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Scottish Arts Council, Barbara Hepworth: a selection of small bronzes and prints, April – May 1978; this exhibition later travelled to Inverness, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Dundee Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September – October 1978; Hawick, Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, October – November 1978; Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November – December 1978 (another cast exhibited).
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor’s Landscape, October – November 1982; this exhibition later travelled to Bangor, Bangor Art Gallery, November – December 1982; Wrexham, Wrexham Library Art Centre, December 1982 – January 1983; Isle of Man, Manx Museum, February 1983 (another cast exhibited).
Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: The Polished Bronzes, May – June 2003; this exhibition later travelled to Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003 (another cast exhibited).
Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Scottish Arts Council, Barbara Hepworth: a selection of small bronzes and prints, April – May 1978; this exhibition later travelled to Inverness, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Dundee Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September – October 1978; Hawick, Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, October – November 1978; Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November – December 1978 (another cast exhibited).
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor’s Landscape, October – November 1982; this exhibition later travelled to Bangor, Bangor Art Gallery, November – December 1982; Wrexham, Wrexham Library Art Centre, December 1982 – January 1983; Isle of Man, Manx Museum, February 1983 (another cast exhibited).
Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: The Polished Bronzes, May – June 2003; this exhibition later travelled to Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003 (another cast exhibited).
Further details
We are very grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for this work. Dr Sophie Bowness is preparing the revised catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture.
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