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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2016 | Six Forms (2 x 3) | 1 | Christie's | London | |||
| May 15, 2015 | Six Forms (2 x 3) | 4 | Christie's | New York | |||
sculpture
87.6 cm (34.5 in)
bronze with a brown/green patina
signed, numbered and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1/9/1968' (on the base) and inscribed 'MORRIS/SINGER/FOUNDER/LONDON' (on the edge of the base)
Private collection.
Acquired by the previous owner through Marlborough Fine Art, London, May 1982.
St Ives, Guildhall, Exhibition on the Occasion of the Conferment of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of St Ives on Bernard Leach and Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1968, another cast exhibited.<br>New York, Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1969, no. 9.<br>On board Q.E.II, London, Marlborough Gallery, A Selection of 20th Century British Art, 1969, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.<br>Bath, Widcombe Manor, St Ives Group, 1969, no catalogue, another cast exhibited.<br>St Ives, Penwith Gallery, Winter Exhibition 1969, October - December 1969, no. 4, another cast exhibited.<br>London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work, Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 13, another cast exhibited.<br>Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 51, cast 7/9 exhibited.<br>Japan, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, June - September 1970, no. 28, another cast exhibited.<br>Winchester, The Cathedral Close, Ten Sculptors - Two Cathedrals, July - August 1970, not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Salisbury, Cathedral Close, August - September 1970.<br>Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 2, another cast exhibited.<br>Folkestone, New Metropole Arts Centre, The Artist and the Book in France from Matisse to Vasareley and Barbara Hepworth Sculpture and Lithographs, December 1974 - February 1975, no. 2, another cast exhibited.<br>Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Arts Council Scottish Tour, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, no. 22: 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.<br>London and New York, Marlborough Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May - June 1979, no. 32, another cast exhibited.<br>Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, no. 17, another cast exhibited.<br>Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape, October - November 1982, no. 22, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and Isle of Man, Manx Museum, February 1983.<br>Cardiff, Welsh Sculpture Trust, Sculpture in a Country Park: An Outdoor Exhibition in the Gardens of Margam, June 1983 - June 1984, not numbered, another cast exhibited.<br>Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth A Retrospective, September - December 1994, no. 76, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, February - April 1995; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, May - August 1995.<br>New York, Wildenstein, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, October - November 1996, not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, New York, Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Gallery, 1969, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, On board Q.E.II, London, Marlborough Gallery, A Selection of 20th Century British Art, 1969, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work, Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1970, pp. 7, 22, no. 13, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Plymouth, City Art Gallery, 1970, n.p., no. 51, cast 7/9 illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, Japan, Hakone Open-Air Museum, 1970, n.p., no. 28, another cast illustrated.<br>A. Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 47, no. 467, pl. 13, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, The Artist and the Book in France from Matisse to Vasareley and Barbara Hepworth Sculpture and Lithographs, Folkestone, New Metropole Arts Centre, 1974, n.p., no. 2, another cast illustrated.<br>A. Bowness, A Guide to the Barbara Hepworth Museum, St. Ives: Trewyn Studio and Garden, p. 6, no. 30, 1976, another cast.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, London and New York, Marlborough Gallery, 1979, pp. 12, 29, no. 32, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, 1980, p. 27, no. 17, another cast illustrated.<br>D. F. Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: a Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, Cornwall, London, 1982, pp. 20 (dated 1963), 38, another cast illustrated on the front cover.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture in a Country Park: An Outdoor Exhibition in the Gardens of Margam, Cardiff, Welsh Sculpture Trust, 1983, p. 26, not numbered, another cast illustrated.<br>The Tate Gallery 1980–82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London, 1984, p. 122, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Gallery, 1994, p. 113, 165, no. 76, another cast illustrated.<br>Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate, New York, Wildenstein, 1996, pp. 108, 49, not numbered, another cast illustrated.<br>M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 215, 246–248, 249, no. 67, cast 7/9 illustrated.<br>S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters. The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 61–62, 63, 162, pl. 55, another cast illustrated.
in an edition of 9 plus one artist’s copy. This work is recorded as BH 467, cast 1/9.
