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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 | Three Hemispheres | 5 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
96.8 x 38.1 cm (38.1 x 15 in)
polished bronze
signed, numbered and dated 'Barbara Hepworth/1967/5/9’ (on top of the base)
Purchased from the artist by Laing Gallery, Toronto in May 1968, where purchased by the present owner's father in September 1968.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 174.
Japan, Hakone, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, June - September 1970, no. 23, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Barbara Hepworth: a selection of small bronzes and prints, April - December 1978, no. 20, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Galashiels, Scottish Collage of Textiles, April - May 1978; Inverness, Museum and Art Galery, 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.
Swansea, Glyn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Barbara Hepworth: a sculptor's landscape, 1934-1974, October - November 1982, no. 20, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Wrexham Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and Isle of Man, Manx Museum, February 1983.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, December 2001 - February 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, This was Tomorrow, February - April 2003, no. 22, another cast exhibited.
Wakefield, Wakefield Art Gallery, B H: Polished Bronzes, May - June 2003, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Gouda, Catharina Gasthuis, July - September 2003.
Valencia, Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, November 2004, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Within the Landscape, July - September 2014, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
R. Alley, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, p. 29, no. 174, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, Japan, Hakone, Hakone Open-Air Museum, 1970, n.p., no. 23, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness, The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1977, no. 437, pls. 163-164, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: a sculptor's landscape, 1934-1974, Swansea, Glyn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, 1982, n.p., no. 20, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, Salisbury, New Art Centre, 2001, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
P. Curtis, exhibition catalogue, Salisbury, New Art Centre, This Was Tomorrow, February - April 2003, n.p., no. 22, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Valencia, Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2004, p. 186, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, pp. 47, 150-151, fig. 38, another cast and plaster illustrated.
cast by Morris Singer Foundry. This work is number 5 of an edition of 9, plus an artist's cast. This work is recorded as BH 437.
