Lot Essay
Dr Sophie Bowness will include Mincarlo; Three Curves with Strings as BH 520 in her catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture, currently under revision.
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Mincarlo; Three Curves with Strings
Details
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Mincarlo; Three Curves with Strings
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'B.H. 1971 4/12' (on a plate attached to the underside of the black polished stone base), stamped with London hallmarks and dated '1971'
18 carat yellow gold, mounted on polished black stone base
6 in. (15 cm.) high, excluding polished black stone base
Please note that the approximate weight of the present lot is 52.9 oz.
Mincarlo; Three Curves with Strings
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'B.H. 1971 4/12' (on a plate attached to the underside of the black polished stone base), stamped with London hallmarks and dated '1971'
18 carat yellow gold, mounted on polished black stone base
6 in. (15 cm.) high, excluding polished black stone base
Please note that the approximate weight of the present lot is 52.9 oz.
Provenance
Commissioned by the Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Literature
Art and Artists, March 1975, p. 42, as 'Mincarlo'.
Exhibited
London, Alwin Gallery, Bronze, Silver and Gold, August - September 1973, no. 20, as Mincarlo, another cast.
London, William Darby, Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975, November 1975, no. 10, illustrated, as Mincarlo, another cast.
London, William Darby, Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975, November 1975, no. 10, illustrated, as Mincarlo, another cast.
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