Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) 

Two Forms with White (Greek)

Price realised GBP 3,106,500
Estimate
GBP 1,300,000 – GBP 1,800,000
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Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) 

Two Forms with White (Greek)

Price realised GBP 3,106,500
Closed: 25 Jun 2015
Price realised GBP 3,106,500
Closed: 25 Jun 2015
Details
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) 
Two Forms with White (Greek)
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Barbara Hepworth CAST 1969 5/7/Morris/Singer/FOUNDERS/LONDON’ (on the back of the base)
bronze with a dark brown and white-painted patina
39 3/8 in. (100 cm.) high, including base, 48 in. (122 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1963 and cast in bronze in 1969.
This work is recorded as BH 491, cast 5/7.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased by Sebastian Walker, March 1980.
with Browse and Darby, London, where purchased by Sir Peter Moores, Compton Verney.
with Fine Art Society, London.
Literature
‘New Works by Barbara Hepworth’, Studio, January, 1970, p. 23, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1970, pp. 8, 35, no. 34, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Open Air Sculpture II, London, Syon Park, 1970, p. 26, and illustrated on the back cover, no. 12, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Gallery Choice, London, Gimpel Fils, 1970, n.p., no. 33, another cast illustrated.
Bijutsu Techo Japanese Monthly Art Magazine, August 1970, p. 10.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition 1970, Hakone, Open-Air Museum, 1970, pp. 32, 73, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, 1971, n.p., no. 18, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 49, no. 491, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, no. 43, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Late Works, Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden, 1976, p. 18, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, New York, Marlborough Gallery, 1979, pp. 9, 50, no. 38, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1980, pp. 13, 27, no. 21, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, New York, Wildenstein, 1996, pp. 28, 62, 63, 108, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Valencià, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, 2004, pp. 63, 67, 196-197, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth - The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 56-57, 93, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 34, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Gallery Choice, March - April 1970, no. 33, another cast exhibited.
London, Syon Park, Open Air Sculpture II, Summer 1970, no. 12, another cast exhibited.
Plymouth, Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective Exhibition, June - August 1970, no. 40, another cast exhibited.
Hakone, Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition 1970, June - September 1970, no. 13, another cast exhibited.
Winchester, The Cathedral Close, Ten Sculptures - Two Cathedrals, July- August 1970, no. 9, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Salisbury, Cathedral Close, August - September 1970.
New York, Gimpel Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971, no. 18, another cast exhibited.
Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 12, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, no. 43, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden, Barbara Hepworth: Late Works, August - September 1976, no. 10.
London and New York, Marlborough Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May - June 1979, no. 38, another cast exhibited.
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, no. 21, another cast exhibited.
New York, Wildenstein, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, October - November 1996, not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Valencia, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Warwickshire, Compton Verney, on long term loan, 1995-2005.
Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, on long term loan, 2010-2014.
Special notice
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