DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH | ORPHEUS (MAQUETTE I)
Auction Closed
July 28, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH
1903-1975
ORPHEUS (MAQUETTE I)
brass with strings
height (including base): 51 cm.; 20 in.
Conceived in ﷺ1956,💮 the present work is number 8 from the edition of 8.
We are grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her kind assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for the present work, which will feature in her forthcoming revised catalogue raisonné&nb♛sp;of the Artist's sculpture as cat. no. BH221.
꧑Gimpel Fils, London, where acquired by the previous owner, 1975
By whom gifted to the present owner in 2019
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, Lund Humphries, London, 1961, no. 221, p. 169
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 sculptures from 1935 to 1970, 7 October - 15 November 1975 (another c🌼ast)
Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, 2 Septe൲mber - 14 November 2004, illustrated p. 173 (another cast)