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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Figure (Sunion)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Figure (Sunion)
elm, on a wooden base, unique
74 ½ in. (189.3 cm.) high, excluding base
Carved in 1960.
This work is recorded as BH 274.
Figure (Sunion)
elm, on a wooden base, unique
74 ½ in. (189.3 cm.) high, excluding base
Carved in 1960.
This work is recorded as BH 274.
Provenance
Purchased by Walter A. Bechtler, Switzerland, at the 1960 exhibition, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1998, lot 23, where reacquired by the Bechtler family.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 19 November 2014, lot 5, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1998, lot 23, where reacquired by the Bechtler family.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 19 November 2014, lot 5, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 29, no. 274, pl. 17.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1998, pp. 146-147, no. 124, illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1998, pp. 146-147, no. 124, illustrated.
Exhibited
Zürich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Barbara Hepworth, October 1960, no. 22, illustrated.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, pp. 33, 58, no. 102, illustrated.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 79, photograph of the work exhibited.
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Im Kunsthaus Zürich: Sammlungen hans und Walter Bechtler, August - October 1982, p. 79, illustrated.
Zug, Kunsthaus Zug, Holz I: Vom Material zum Ausdruck - Holzschnitte und Holzskulpturen, June - September 1988.
València, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, p. 180, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, pp. 33, 58, no. 102, illustrated.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 79, photograph of the work exhibited.
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Im Kunsthaus Zürich: Sammlungen hans und Walter Bechtler, August - October 1982, p. 79, illustrated.
Zug, Kunsthaus Zug, Holz I: Vom Material zum Ausdruck - Holzschnitte und Holzskulpturen, June - September 1988.
València, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, p. 180, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her providing information in preparing this catalogue entry. Dr Sophie Bowness is preparing the revised catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture.
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Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale