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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2019 | Oval Sculpture | 4 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
40 cm (15.75 in)
polished bronze, on a wooden base,
A gift from the artist to Sir Anthony Lousada, and by descent.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, October 1946, no. 14, wood version (BH 121 A) exhibited.
New York, Galerie Chalette, Hepworth, October - November 1959, no. 5, another cast exhibited.
Toronto, Laing Galleries, Sculpture: Ten Modern Masters - Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, André Derain, Sir Jacob Epstein, Emilio Greco, Barbara Hepworth, Giacomo Manzu, Marino Marini, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, November 1959, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, May - June 1962, no. 6.
Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Exhibition of Work by Barbara Hepworth, March 1964, no. 2, another cast exhibited.
Basel, Kunsthalle, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 3, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, February - March 1966; and Essen, Museum Folkwang, April - June 1966.
Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1965, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 40, another cast exhibited.
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, A Tribute to Samuel J Zacks from the Sam & Ayala Zacks Collection, May - June 1971, no. 83, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, August 1971.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing in Britain 1940-49, November 1972, no. 154, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Southampton, City Art Gallery, December 1972 - January 1973; Carlisle, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, January - February 1973; Durham, D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, February - March 1973; Manchester, City Art Gallery, April 1973; Bradford, City Art Gallery, April - May 1973; and Aberdeen, Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1973.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1903-1975, October - November 1975, no. 7, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1994, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, September - December 1994, no. 32, plaster version (BH 121 B) exhibited: this exhibition travelled to New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, February - April 1995; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, May - August 1995.
London, Tate Britain, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, June - October 2015, no. 88, wood version (BH 121 A) exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, November 2015 - April 2016; and Rolandseck, Arp Museum, May - August 2016.
London, Gimpel Fils, Modern British Sculpture, October - November 2017, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
W. Gibson (intro.), Barbara Hepworth: Sculptress, London, 1946, pp. 62, 65, pl. 50, wood version (BH 121 A) illustrated on the dust jacket.
H. Read (intro.), Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, no. 71a and b, wood version (BH 121 A) illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Hepworth, New York, Galerie Chalette, 1959, n.p., no. 5, another cast exhibited.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, p. 165, no. 121.3, wood version (BH 121 A) illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, n.p., no. 6, another cast illustrated.
E. Newton, 'Rhythms of erosion', The Guardian, 10 May 1962, p. 7, another cast illustrated.
P. Rawstorne, 'The rhythms of Barbara Hepworth, Daily Herald, 11 May 1962, p. 4, another cast illustrated.
M. Levy, 'Impulse and Rhythm: The Artist at Work - 9', Studio, vol. 164, September 1962, p. 87, no. 833, another cast illustrated on the front cover.
M. Williams, 'Barbara Hepworth talks to Michael Williams', The Guardian, 17 April 1963, p. 6, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, 1965, p. 25, no. 4, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 16, 55, no. 40, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, n.p., no. 7, another cast illustrated.
J. Burr, 'Immortality in Marble, Wood and Bronze', Apollo, vol. 102, new series no. 164, October 1975, p. 297, another cast illustrated.
C. McCorquodale, 'Barbara Hepworth: Gimpel Fils', Art International, vol. 19, no. 10, December 1975, p. 26, another cast illustrated.
B. Hepworth, A Pictorial Autobiography, London, 1985, pp. 49, 99, pl. 277, wood version (BH 121 A) and another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1991, pp. 20, 23, no. 3, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Gallery, 1994, pp. 72, 81-82, 163, no. 32, plaster version (BH 121 B) illustrated.
D. Thistlewood (ed.), Barbara Hepworth Reconsidered, Liverpool, 1996, p. 128, wood version (BH 121 A) referenced.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1998, pp. 7, 34-35, 56, no. 1, wood version (BH 121 A) and plaster version (BH 121 B) illustrated.
M. Gale & C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 2004, pp. 81, 84-88, 94, 106, 145, 232, 236, 249, no. 16a and b, wood version (BH 121 A) and plaster version (BH 121 B) illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, pp. 95, 209, 283, wood version (BH 121 A) illustrated and plaster version (BH 121 B) referenced.
P. Curtis and C. Stephens (eds.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, London, Tate Britain, 2015, p. 164, no. 88, wood version (BH 121 A) illustrated.
H. Bonett, 'The Sculptor as Archivist: Interpreting Barbara Hepworth's Legacy', Henry Moore Institute Essays on Sculpture, July 2015, pp. 26-27, no. 73.
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, p. 88, fig. 89, plaster version (BH 121 B) illustrated.
This work is cast number 4, the artist's cast, from an edition of 4.
