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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE MRS N.E. JAYNE
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Orpheus (Maquette 1)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Orpheus (Maquette 1)
brass with strings, on a wooden base
19 7⁄8 in. (50.5 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1956. This work is number 2 from the edition of 8.
This work is recorded as BH 221.
Orpheus (Maquette 1)
brass with strings, on a wooden base
19 7⁄8 in. (50.5 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1956. This work is number 2 from the edition of 8.
This work is recorded as BH 221.
Provenance
Jorge Páez Vilaró, Montevideo.
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Mrs N.E. Jayne in November 1975.
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Mrs N.E. Jayne in November 1975.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 169, no. 221.
E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, London, 2021, pp. 204-205, another from the edition illustrated.
E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, London, 2021, pp. 204-205, another from the edition illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Work by Barbara Hepworth, June 1958, no. 2, another from the edition exhibited.
Oslo, British Council, Kunstnernes Hus, Britisk i Kunstnernes Hus: Gouacher, Akvareller, Tegninger, Skulptur, April - May 1966.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 27, another from the edition exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935-1970, October - November 1975, n.p., no. 13, another from the edition illustrated.
València, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, p. 173, exhibition not numbered, another from the edition illustrated.
Wakefield, The Hepworth Wakefield, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, May - February 2022, exhibition not numbered, another from the edition exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, April - October 2022; and St Ives, Tate, November 2022 - May 2023.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, June - November 2025, another from the edition exhibited.
Oslo, British Council, Kunstnernes Hus, Britisk i Kunstnernes Hus: Gouacher, Akvareller, Tegninger, Skulptur, April - May 1966.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 27, another from the edition exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935-1970, October - November 1975, n.p., no. 13, another from the edition illustrated.
València, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, p. 173, exhibition not numbered, another from the edition illustrated.
Wakefield, The Hepworth Wakefield, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, May - February 2022, exhibition not numbered, another from the edition exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, April - October 2022; and St Ives, Tate, November 2022 - May 2023.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, June - November 2025, another from the edition 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.
Brought to you by
Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale