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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2017 | Curved Form (Bryher II) | 6 | Christie's | London | |||
| Jul 10, 2013 | Curved Form (Bryher II) | 1 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
210.2 cm (82.76 in)
bronze with a green and brown patina and copper strings
signed, dated and numbered 'Barbara Hepworth 1961 6/7' (on the top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'Morris/Singer/FOUNDERS/LONDON' (on the back of the base)
with Gimpel Fils, London, January 1969, where purchased by Mrs M.S. Davidson, New York.
with Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York.
Private collection, New York.
James Goodman.
with Lyn Segal Distinctive Fine Art & Sculpture, Colorado, June 1986, where purchased by the present owners.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, May - June 1962, no. 56, another cast exhibited.
Zurich, Gimpel Hanover Galerie, Barbara Hepworth: sculpture and drawings, November 1963 - January 1964, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture and Drawings, June 1964, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
Copenhagen, British Council, Kunstforeningen, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1964, no. 25, another cast exhibited.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Barbara Hepworth, November - December 1964, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
Helsinki, Ateneum, Barbara Hepworth: sculptures and drawings, January - February 1965, no. 25, another cast exhibited.
Oslo, British Council, Kunstnernes Hus, Barbara Hepworth: sculpture and drawings, 1935-65, March 1965, no. 25, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1965, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller (Rietveld Pavilion), Sculptures and drawings by Barbara Hepworth, May - July 1965, no. 31, another cast exhibited.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1965, no. 44, another cast exhibited.
Basel, Kunsthalle, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 22, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, February - March 1966; and Essen, Museum Folkwang, April - June 1966.
New York, Marlborough Gerson-Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1966, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 115.
London, Marlborough Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 2, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Syon Park (The Gardening Centre), Open Air Sculpture II, Summer 1970, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
St Ives, Penwith Galleries, Penwith Society of Arts Exhibitions, Autumn and Winter 1971 - Spring, Summer and Autumn 1972, no. 1, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1972, no. 16, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, May - June 1979, no. 20, another cast exhibited.
J.M. Nash, '"Reclining Form" carved from small cliff', Yorkshire Post, 11 May 1962, as 'Bryher II'.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, n.p., no. 56, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: sculpture and drawings, Zurich, Gimpel Hanover Galerie, 1963, n.p., no. 8, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Sculpture and Drawings, London, Gimpel Fils, 1964, n.p., no. 8, another cast illustrated.
J. Fitzmaurice Mills, 'Barbara Hepworth - at the Rietveld Pavilion, Kröller-Müller Museum', Connoisseur, Vol. 159, August 1965, p. 242, no. 642, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, 1965, pp. 104-105, no. 44, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, New York, Marlborough Gerson-Gallery, 1966, n.p., no. 6, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, Marlborough Gallery, London, 1970, pp. 7, 12, no. 2, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Open Air Sculpture II, London, Gimpel Fils, Syon Park (The Gardening Centre), 1970, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, pp. 10, 12, no. 305, pls. 2 and 47, another cast illustrated.
F. Ruhrmund, 'Hepworth dominates Penwith arts show', Western Morning News, 9 October 1972, as 'Curved Form (Bryher)'.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Gimpel Fils, 1972, n.p., no. 16, another cast illustrated.
R. Cork, 'Hepworth: Cornish light and rhythm of the sea', Evening Standard, 21 May 1975, another cast illustrated.
V. Raynor, 'Art: the Sculpture of a Perfectionist', The New York Times, 8 May 1979.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Carvings and Bronzes, New York, Marlborough Gallery, 1979, pp. 16-17, no. 20, another cast illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 140-141, another cast illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, pp. 212, 214, 248.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham and Burlington, 2011, pp. 32-33, 60-62, 93, pls. 17, 55, 56 and illustrated inside the front cover, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, p. 233.
This work is recorded as BH 305.
