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Hollow Oval (January)
Details
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Hollow Oval (January)
signed with initials, inscribed with the Morris Singer foundry mark and numbered 'MS B.H. 7/9' (on the reverse of the base)
polished bronze, with a green patina in the interior, and strings
7.3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) long
Conceived in 1965.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH375, cast 7.
Hollow Oval (January)
signed with initials, inscribed with the Morris Singer foundry mark and numbered 'MS B.H. 7/9' (on the reverse of the base)
polished bronze, with a green patina in the interior, and strings
7.3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) long
Conceived in 1965.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH375, cast 7.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Sculpture, New York, Marlborough Gerson-Gallery, 1966, no. 27, illustrated.
R. Alley (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 40, 60, no. 148, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 39, no. 375, another cast illustrated.
A. G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Ontario, 1991, pp. 36, 46, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
R. Alley (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 40, 60, no. 148, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 39, no. 375, another cast illustrated.
A. G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Ontario, 1991, pp. 36, 46, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Collector's Choice XIII, March - April 1965, no. 46, another cast exhibited. New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture, April - May 1966, no. 27.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 148, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 148, another cast exhibited.
Special notice
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