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Three Forms
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Three Forms
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 5⁄9' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze with a polished and dark brown patina
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, including base
Conceived in alabaster in 1934 and cast in bronze in 1971 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
This work is recorded as BH 521.
Three Forms
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Barbara Hepworth 5⁄9' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze with a polished and dark brown patina
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide, including base
Conceived in alabaster in 1934 and cast in bronze in 1971 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
This work is recorded as BH 521.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Acquired from the above by Peter Curry, Winnipeg, in December 1972.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1999, lot 65.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by Peter Curry, Winnipeg, in December 1972.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1999, lot 65.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 163, no. 66, alabaster version listed.
Exhibited
St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - September 1971, no. 2, another cast exhibited.
St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, September - November 1971, pp. 11, 23, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Osaka, Gallery Kasahara, Barbara Hepworth, February - March 1978, no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September - October 1978; Hawick, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1978; and Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November - December 1978.
Zürich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Barbara Hepworth - Ben Nicholson: A Dialogue, November 1978 - January 1979, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape, October - November 1982, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and Isle of Man, The Manx Museum, February 1983.
London, Gimpel Fils, Sculptures, Reliefs and Drawings, June - September 1989, n.p., no. 24a, another cast illustrated.
London, Beaux Arts, Frost, Hepworth, Heron, Hilton, Lanyon, Scott, February 1998, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
London, Robert Sandelson, Barbara Hepworth, November 2001 - January 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, May - June 2003, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003.
London, Beaux Arts, St Ives, February - April 2007, exhibition not numbered.
London, Beaux Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - September 2009, ex-cat.
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection, February 2017 - March 2018, p. 51, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 16-17, no. 16, another cast illustrated.
St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, September - November 1971, pp. 11, 23, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Osaka, Gallery Kasahara, Barbara Hepworth, February - March 1978, no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September - October 1978; Hawick, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1978; and Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November - December 1978.
Zürich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Barbara Hepworth - Ben Nicholson: A Dialogue, November 1978 - January 1979, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape, October - November 1982, n.p., no. 1, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and Isle of Man, The Manx Museum, February 1983.
London, Gimpel Fils, Sculptures, Reliefs and Drawings, June - September 1989, n.p., no. 24a, another cast illustrated.
London, Beaux Arts, Frost, Hepworth, Heron, Hilton, Lanyon, Scott, February 1998, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
London, Robert Sandelson, Barbara Hepworth, November 2001 - January 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, May - June 2003, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Gouda, Museum Het Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003.
London, Beaux Arts, St Ives, February - April 2007, exhibition not numbered.
London, Beaux Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - September 2009, ex-cat.
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection, February 2017 - March 2018, p. 51, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, Pace Gallery, 2018, pp. 16-17, no. 16, 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
Charlie Campbell-Gray
Associate Specialist