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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Torso II (Torcello)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Torso II (Torcello)
signed with initials, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'BH 1958' (at the base)
bronze with a dark green patina
35 5⁄8 in. (90.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1958 and cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris in an edition of 6.
This work is recorded as BH 234.
Torso II (Torcello)
signed with initials, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'BH 1958' (at the base)
bronze with a dark green patina
35 5⁄8 in. (90.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1958 and cast by Susse Fondeur, Paris in an edition of 6.
This work is recorded as BH 234.
Provenance
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Mr and Mrs M. Bendon, by 1961.
with Stone Gallery, London.
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased in December 1982, and by descent to Marion Lynton.
Her estate sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 2015, lot 22, where purchased by the present owner.
with Stone Gallery, London.
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased in December 1982, and by descent to Marion Lynton.
Her estate sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 2015, lot 22, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 169, no. 234, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness, A Guide to The Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives, 1976, n.p., no. 16, another cast listed.
D. Fraser Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, London, 1982, pp. 17, 31, another cast illustrated.
Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-82, London, 1984, pp. 115-16, another cast illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 130-131, 138, 210, no. 106, another cast illustrated.
R. Cork, ‘On Growth and Form’, Tate: The Art Magazine, no. 4, Winter 1994, p. 38, another cast illustrated.
S. Festing, Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms, London, 1995, p. 229.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1998, pp. 40-41, another cast illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 168-171, no. 41, another cast illustrated.
M. Phillips and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, London, 2002, pp. 16, 19, 26-27, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness, A Guide to The Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives, 1976, n.p., no. 16, another cast listed.
D. Fraser Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, London, 1982, pp. 17, 31, another cast illustrated.
Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-82, London, 1984, pp. 115-16, another cast illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 130-131, 138, 210, no. 106, another cast illustrated.
R. Cork, ‘On Growth and Form’, Tate: The Art Magazine, no. 4, Winter 1994, p. 38, another cast illustrated.
S. Festing, Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms, London, 1995, p. 229.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1998, pp. 40-41, another cast illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 168-171, no. 41, another cast illustrated.
M. Phillips and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, London, 2002, pp. 16, 19, 26-27, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Works by Barbara Hepworth, June 1958, no. 10, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, Modern Sculpture, October - November 1958, no. 39, another cast exhibited.
Rome, Rome - New York Art Foundation, Moments of Vision, July - November 1959, p. 30, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
New York, Galerie Chalette, Hepworth, October - November 1959, n.p., no. 23, another cast illustrated.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, Northern Artists, July - August 1960, no. 26, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, September - October; Bolton, Art Gallery, October; Bradford, City Art Gallery, November; and Carlisle, Public Library and Art Gallery, December.
Dortmund, Stadthaus Unterer Galerie, Malerei und Plastik aus Leeds, May - June 1961, no. 25, another cast exhibited.
Cardiff, Welsh Arts Council, National Museum of Wales, Sculpture 1961, July - September 1961, no. 22, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, September; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, October; Bangor, University College, November.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952 - 1962, May - June 1962, n.p., no. 30, another cast illustrated.
London, O’Hana Gallery, International Exhibition and Sale of Contemporary Art, November 1962, no. 18, another cast exhibited.
St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, 1962, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, John Lewis Partnership, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, April 1963, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
Little Missenden, Little Missenden Festival, October 1965, another cast exhibited, no catalogue.
London, Gimpel Fils, Collectors’ Choice XIV, June 1967, n.p., no. 25, another cast illustrated.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1972, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, n.p., no. 19, illustrated.
West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, p. 15, no. 5, another cast illustrated.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, Modern Sculpture, October - November 1958, no. 39, another cast exhibited.
Rome, Rome - New York Art Foundation, Moments of Vision, July - November 1959, p. 30, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
New York, Galerie Chalette, Hepworth, October - November 1959, n.p., no. 23, another cast illustrated.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, Northern Artists, July - August 1960, no. 26, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, September - October; Bolton, Art Gallery, October; Bradford, City Art Gallery, November; and Carlisle, Public Library and Art Gallery, December.
Dortmund, Stadthaus Unterer Galerie, Malerei und Plastik aus Leeds, May - June 1961, no. 25, another cast exhibited.
Cardiff, Welsh Arts Council, National Museum of Wales, Sculpture 1961, July - September 1961, no. 22, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, September; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, October; Bangor, University College, November.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952 - 1962, May - June 1962, n.p., no. 30, another cast illustrated.
London, O’Hana Gallery, International Exhibition and Sale of Contemporary Art, November 1962, no. 18, another cast exhibited.
St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, 1962, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, John Lewis Partnership, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, April 1963, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
Little Missenden, Little Missenden Festival, October 1965, another cast exhibited, no catalogue.
London, Gimpel Fils, Collectors’ Choice XIV, June 1967, n.p., no. 25, another cast illustrated.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1972, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, n.p., no. 19, illustrated.
West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, p. 15, no. 5, another cast 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.
Brought to you by
Alice Murray
Head of Evening Sale