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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT SWISS COLLECTION
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
The Family of Man (Figure 8, The Bride)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
The Family of Man (Figure 8, The Bride)
signed and numbered 'Barbara Hepworth 4⁄4' (at the base)
bronze with a dark brown, green and golden patina
97 ½ in. (247.5 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1970 and cast in an edition of 4, with 2 full groups cast.
This work is recorded as BH 513h.
The Family of Man (Figure 8, The Bride)
signed and numbered 'Barbara Hepworth 4⁄4' (at the base)
bronze with a dark brown, green and golden patina
97 ½ in. (247.5 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1970 and cast in an edition of 4, with 2 full groups cast.
This work is recorded as BH 513h.
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Purchased at the 1975 exhibition, and by descent to the present owner.
Purchased at the 1975 exhibition, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Matheson, 'Controversy over her sculpture doesn't worry Dame Barbara Hepworth', The Australian Women's Weekly, 23 May 1973, p. 8, another cast illustrated.
C. Nemser, Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists, New York, 1975, pp. 20, 23, 32-33, group illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: A Pictorial Autobiography, London, 1985, p. 131, no. 349, group illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 198-199, 203, fig. 178, group illustrated.
M. Tooby, Tate Gallery St Ives: Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: An Illustrated Companion, London, 1993, p. 13, plaster illustrated.
P. Curtis and A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Gallery, 1994, p. 115, group illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth Sculptures from the Estate, New York, Wildenstein, 1996, pp. 7, 30-31, 99, group referenced.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, St Ives Artists, London, 1998, pp. 70, 73-75, figs. 62, 66, group illustrated and plaster illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 14, 127, 144, 246, 266, 269, 273, fig. 7, group referenced, illustrated.
M. Phillips and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, London, 2002, p. 8, plaster referenced.
E. Cooper, 'Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975): the sculptor's close links to the crafts', Crafts, September - October 2003, p. 29, no. 184, plaster illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth, The Plasters, The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 43-45, 63, pls. 32-34, plaster illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth, Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, pp. 226, 243, 246, 248-250, 257, 264, 283, 287, 294, fig. 65, group referenced, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, pp. 66-67, 70, 109, 118, 124, 143, figs. 68-70, 122, plaster and group illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Formed From Nature, London, Frieze Masters, Simon Dickinson, 2018, p. 10, fig. 5, plaster illustrated.
A. Hickey (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 8-9, 12, 14-15, fig. 4, group illustrated.
C. Nemser, Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists, New York, 1975, pp. 20, 23, 32-33, group illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: A Pictorial Autobiography, London, 1985, p. 131, no. 349, group illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 198-199, 203, fig. 178, group illustrated.
M. Tooby, Tate Gallery St Ives: Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: An Illustrated Companion, London, 1993, p. 13, plaster illustrated.
P. Curtis and A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Gallery, 1994, p. 115, group illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth Sculptures from the Estate, New York, Wildenstein, 1996, pp. 7, 30-31, 99, group referenced.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, St Ives Artists, London, 1998, pp. 70, 73-75, figs. 62, 66, group illustrated and plaster illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 14, 127, 144, 246, 266, 269, 273, fig. 7, group referenced, illustrated.
M. Phillips and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, London, 2002, p. 8, plaster referenced.
E. Cooper, 'Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975): the sculptor's close links to the crafts', Crafts, September - October 2003, p. 29, no. 184, plaster illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth, The Plasters, The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 43-45, 63, pls. 32-34, plaster illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth, Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, pp. 226, 243, 246, 248-250, 257, 264, 283, 287, 294, fig. 65, group referenced, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, pp. 66-67, 70, 109, 118, 124, 143, figs. 68-70, 122, plaster and group illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Formed From Nature, London, Frieze Masters, Simon Dickinson, 2018, p. 10, fig. 5, plaster illustrated.
A. Hickey (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 8-9, 12, 14-15, fig. 4, group illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Gimpel Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971, no. 26, another cast exhibited.
Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 14, another cast exhibited.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: The Family of Man - Nine Bronzes and Recent Carvings, April - May 1972, pp. 16-17, 32-33, 64, no. 8, another cast illustrated.
Toronto, Marlborough Godard, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May 1973, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Twentieth Century Monumental Sculpture, October - November 1974, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
Zürich, Marlborough Galerie, Barbara Hepworth, August - October 1975, pp. 11, 34-35, no. 14, illustrated.
Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Botanic Garden, Barbara Hepworth Late Works, August - September 1976, pp. 20,23, 32-33, no. 11H, another cast illustrated and group illustrated.
West Bretton, Arts Council of Great Britain, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, pp. 2, 13, 30-31, no. 26h, another cast illustrated and group illustrated as a frontispiece.
Mountainville, New York State, Storm King Art Center, Barbara Hepworth, June - October 1982, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 14, another cast exhibited.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: The Family of Man - Nine Bronzes and Recent Carvings, April - May 1972, pp. 16-17, 32-33, 64, no. 8, another cast illustrated.
Toronto, Marlborough Godard, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May 1973, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Twentieth Century Monumental Sculpture, October - November 1974, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
Zürich, Marlborough Galerie, Barbara Hepworth, August - October 1975, pp. 11, 34-35, no. 14, illustrated.
Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Botanic Garden, Barbara Hepworth Late Works, August - September 1976, pp. 20,23, 32-33, no. 11H, another cast illustrated and group illustrated.
West Bretton, Arts Council of Great Britain, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, pp. 2, 13, 30-31, no. 26h, another cast illustrated and group illustrated as a frontispiece.
Mountainville, New York State, Storm King Art Center, Barbara Hepworth, June - October 1982, exhibition not numbered, 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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