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Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection
BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Two Forms in Echelon
Details
BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Two Forms in Echelon
numbered '6⁄7' (on the side of each form)
bronze with green patina
Height of taller form: 45 3⁄8 in. (115.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1961; this bronze version cast in 1964
Two Forms in Echelon
numbered '6⁄7' (on the side of each form)
bronze with green patina
Height of taller form: 45 3⁄8 in. (115.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1961; this bronze version cast in 1964
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London (acquired from the artist, circa 1965-1966).
Lee A. Kolker, Scarsdale (acquired from the above).
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1979.
Lee A. Kolker, Scarsdale (acquired from the above).
James Goodman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1979.
Literature
A. Bowness, ed., The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth: 1960-69, London, 1971, no. 301 B (another cast illustrated, pl. 42).
M. Whybrow, St Ives 1883-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony, Woodbridge, 1994, p. 146 (another cast illustrated, p. 147).
S. Bowness, ed., Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters, The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 47, 53, 118, 132 and 180, no. 12 (plaster illustrated in color, p. 119; related wood carving illustrated in color, p. 118, fig. 16).
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, pp. 82-83 (another cast illustrated in color in situ at the artist's studio, St Ives, pp. 82-83, fig. 86).
E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, London, 2021, p. 259 (plaster illustrated in color in situ at The Hepworth Wakefield).
M. Whybrow, St Ives 1883-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony, Woodbridge, 1994, p. 146 (another cast illustrated, p. 147).
S. Bowness, ed., Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters, The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 47, 53, 118, 132 and 180, no. 12 (plaster illustrated in color, p. 119; related wood carving illustrated in color, p. 118, fig. 16).
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, pp. 82-83 (another cast illustrated in color in situ at the artist's studio, St Ives, pp. 82-83, fig. 86).
E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life, London, 2021, p. 259 (plaster illustrated in color in situ at The Hepworth Wakefield).
Exhibited
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., Barbara Hepworth, April-May 1966, no. 7 (illustrated).
Further Details
Two Forms in Echelon is included as BH 301 B in the Hepworth catalogue raisonné of sculptures being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
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