DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Torso III (Galatea)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Torso III (Galatea)
signed with initials, numbered and dated ⁵/₇ BH/1958' (on the top of the base), inscribed with foundry mark (on the side of the base)
bronze with a dark green, brown and black patina
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high, including bronze base
Conceived in 1958, and cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris.
This work is recorded as BH 235.
Torso III (Galatea)
signed with initials, numbered and dated ⁵/₇ BH/1958' (on the top of the base), inscribed with foundry mark (on the side of the base)
bronze with a dark green, brown and black patina
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high, including bronze base
Conceived in 1958, and cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris.
This work is recorded as BH 235.
Provenance
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Waddington Galleries, London, in 1962.
Acquired from the above by Professor A. Cochrane.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 November 1990, lot 333.
with New Art Centre, Salisbury, where purchased in 1995, and by descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by Professor A. Cochrane.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 November 1990, lot 333.
with New Art Centre, Salisbury, where purchased in 1995, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 169, no. 235, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, p. 159, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, p. 159, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Works by Barbara Hepworth, June 1958, no. 11, another cast exhibited.
São Paulo, V São Paulo Biennial, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective, September 1959, no. 18, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, May - June 1962, no. 33.
London, Waddington Galleries, Small Sculpture: Adams, Adam-Tessier, Dehner, Frink, Hepworth and McWilliam, July 1962, no. 31, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 88, another cast exhibited.
São Paulo, V São Paulo Biennial, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective, September 1959, no. 18, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, May - June 1962, no. 33.
London, Waddington Galleries, Small Sculpture: Adams, Adam-Tessier, Dehner, Frink, Hepworth and McWilliam, July 1962, no. 31, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 88, another cast exhibited.
Further details
We are grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her assistance with cataloguing this work.
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