Details
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Epidauros II
bronze with brown patina
31½in. (80cm.) high
Cast in 1961 in an edition of seven
Literature
A. Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1860-69, London, 1971, no. 303, p. 31 (illustrated pl. 43).
Sale room notice
Please note that this work is signed, dated and numbered 'Barbara Hepworth 1961 3/7' (on the back of the base).

Lot Essay

The present bronze was based on the wood carving entitled Pierced form (Epidauros). B.290 which was executed in scented guarea wood with additional colouring by the Artist in 1960. Some small modifications were made to the sculpture for the bronze version. Other examples of the present sculpture are exhibited at St. Ives and in the Niedersächsische Landesgalerie, Hanover.

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