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PROPERTY OF A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Sculpture with Colour (Eos)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Sculpture with Colour (Eos)
Hopton Wood stone with blue, pale grey and white paint, unique
23 in. (58.6 cm.) high, excluding stone base
Carved and painted in 1946.
This work is recorded as BH 141.
Sculpture with Colour (Eos)
Hopton Wood stone with blue, pale grey and white paint, unique
23 in. (58.6 cm.) high, excluding stone base
Carved and painted in 1946.
This work is recorded as BH 141.
Provenance
with Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, where purchased by David and Geraldine Pincus, Wynnewood, in November 1962.
Their sale; Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 4C, where purchased by the present owner.
Their sale; Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 4C, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
Vogue, Vol. CXIV, No. 5, 15 October 1949, p. 87, illustrated.
H. Read (intro.), Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, n.p., pl. 91.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 166, no. 141, illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1998, p. 94, no. 66, illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives, London, 1999, p. 88.
S. Matson and C. Chevillot, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Paris, Musée Rodin, 2019, p. 25.
H. Read (intro.), Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, n.p., pl. 91.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 166, no. 141, illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1998, p. 94, no. 66, illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives, London, 1999, p. 88.
S. Matson and C. Chevillot, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Paris, Musée Rodin, 2019, p. 25.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture and Drawings, October 1946, no. 28.
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Sculpture in the Open Air, June - September 1949, pp. 9, 21, no. 20, illustrated.
Wakefield, Festival of Britain, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, May - July 1951, no. 30, as 'Eos': this exhibition travelled to York, City Art Gallery, July - August 1951; and Manchester, City Art Gallery, September - October 1951.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927 to 1954, April - June 1954, p. 18, no. 50.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings 1937-1954, April - May 1955, n.p., no. 9, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Lincoln, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, June - August 1955; San Francisco, Museum of Art, September - October 1955; Buffalo, The Albright Art Gallery, November - December 1955; Toronto, Art Gallery, January 1955 - February 1956; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, March 1956; Baltimore, Museum of Art, April - June 1956; and New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, December 1956 - January 1957.
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Philadelphia Collects 20th Century, October - November 1963, p. 18, exhibition not numbered, as 'Eos'.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 48.
Tate, St Ives, Barbara Hepworth Centenary Exhibition, May - October 2003, pp. 9, 50, 59, no. 18, illustrated.
London, Courtauld Gallery, Hepworth in Colour, June - September 2026, pp. 102-105, no. 23, illustrated.
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Sculpture in the Open Air, June - September 1949, pp. 9, 21, no. 20, illustrated.
Wakefield, Festival of Britain, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, May - July 1951, no. 30, as 'Eos': this exhibition travelled to York, City Art Gallery, July - August 1951; and Manchester, City Art Gallery, September - October 1951.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927 to 1954, April - June 1954, p. 18, no. 50.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings 1937-1954, April - May 1955, n.p., no. 9, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Lincoln, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, June - August 1955; San Francisco, Museum of Art, September - October 1955; Buffalo, The Albright Art Gallery, November - December 1955; Toronto, Art Gallery, January 1955 - February 1956; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, March 1956; Baltimore, Museum of Art, April - June 1956; and New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, December 1956 - January 1957.
Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Philadelphia Collects 20th Century, October - November 1963, p. 18, exhibition not numbered, as 'Eos'.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 48.
Tate, St Ives, Barbara Hepworth Centenary Exhibition, May - October 2003, pp. 9, 50, 59, no. 18, illustrated.
London, Courtauld Gallery, Hepworth in Colour, June - September 2026, pp. 102-105, no. 23, illustrated.
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.
Présenté par
Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale