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Property from an Important American Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Makutu

Auction Closed

June 29, 08:07 PM GMT

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from an Important American Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903 - 1975

Makutu


signed Barbara Hepworth, dated 1969 CAST 1970, numbered 4/9 and stamped with foundry mark Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON (on the base)

bronze

height (including base): 75.5cm.; 29¾in.

Conceived in 1969 and cast in 1970, the present work is number 4 from the edition of 9 + 0.


This work will be included in the revised catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture being prepared by Dr. Sophie Bowness under the catalogue no. BH 505.


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芭芭拉・赫普沃斯女爵士

1903 - 1975年

《蠱惑》


款識:藝術家簽名 Barbara Hepworth、紀年1969 CAST 1970、標記4/9並蓋印鑄造廠章 Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON(底座)

青銅

高(連底座):75.5 公分;29¾ 英寸

1969年構思,1970年鑄造,一版9件,本作為第4件。


本作將收錄於蘇菲・鮑內斯博士正在整理的芭芭拉・赫普沃斯女爵士雕塑專題目錄內,圖錄編號為 BH 505。

Acquired by The Morris Singer Sculpture Association Ltd in April 1971

Sale, Replica Shoes ’s, London, 2 July 1980, lot 185, where acquired by the Alwin Gallery, London

Marlborough Replica Handbags , London, where acquired by the grandmother of the present owner in 1985, and thence by descent

London, Marlborough Replica Handbags , Barbara Hepworth: Recent Work Sculpture, Painting, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 39, illustrated in catalogue p. 40 (lignum vitae carving)

St Ives, Penwith Gallery, Autumn Exhibition 1970, September - October 1970, with extensive Arts Council Tour (another cast)

New York, Gimpel Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971 (another cast)

London, Austin Reed Gallery, St Ives Group: 3rd Exhibition, August 1971 (another cast)

Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, with Scottish Arts Council tour to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness; Dundee Museum and Art Gallery, Dundee; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, Hawick; and Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr (another cast)

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 28 (another cast)

Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape 1934-79, October - November 1982, with tour to Bangor Art Gallery, Bangor; Wrexham Library Art Centre, Wrexham; and Manx Museum, Isle of Man (another cast)

Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, 1971, Praeger Publishers, New York, no. 499, illustrated p. 50 (another cast)
Walter John Strachan, Open Air Sculpture in Britain: A Comprehensive Guide, Tate Gallery, London, 1984, no. 141, p. 78, illustrated p. 79 (another cast)
David Fraser Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Publishing Ltd, London, 1982, p. 40 (another cast)
Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens (eds.), Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1999, no. 71, illustrated p. 259 (another cast)