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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2022 | Involute II | 6 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
41.3 cm (16.25 in)
bronze with a brown and green patina
numbered "6/6" (on the side of the base)
with Gimpel Fils, London, where aquired by E. Somer, Bermuda, in November 1965.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby"s, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 301, where purchased by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie"s, London, 25 November 2015, lot 12, where purchased by the present owner.
Nottingham, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Contemporary British Art , May - June 1957, another cast exhibited; this exhibition travelled to Southampton, Art Gallery, June - July 1957; Cardiff, Bute Park, July - August 1957; Penzance, Penlee House, August - September 1957; Cheltenham, Imperial Gardens, September - October 1957.
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Works by Barbara Hepworth , June 1958, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Brussels, British Embassy, A Private Exhibition of Contemporary British Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, summer 1958, no. 15, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, Modern Sculpture , October - November 1958, no. 34, another cast exhibited.
New York, Galerie Chalette, Hepworth , October - November 1959, no. 16, another cast exhibited.
Zürich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Barbara Hepworth , October 1960, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Cardiff, Arts Council of Great Britain, National Museum of Wales, Sculpture 1961 , July - September 1961, no. 18, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, September; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, October; and Bangor, University College, November.
Belfast, Queens University , "Abstract Form and Life": Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth and Biological Models , April 1962, no. 3, as "1959".
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962 , May - June 1962, no. 20, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October - November 1972, no. 3, another cast exhibited.
Galashiels, Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, no. 8, another cast exhibited: 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.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor"s Landscape 1934-1974 , October - November 1982, no. 8, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, November - December 1982; Wrexham, Library Art Centre, December 1982 - January 1983; and lsle of Man, Manx Museum, February 1983.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Zürich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1960, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture 1961 , Cardiff, Arts Council of Great Britain, National Museum of Wales, 1961, n.p., no. 18, pl. 2, another cast illustrated.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, Neuchâtel, 1961, p. 169, no. 218, another cast illustrated.
Belfast, Queens University, "Abstract Form and Life": Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth and Biological Models , April 1962, no. 3, as "1959".
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, no. 20, another cast illustrated.
Cornwall Education Committee, Works of Art for Schools, Falmouth, 1980, pp. 5, 37, no. 1 (group G), another cast illustrated on the cover.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor"s Landscape 1934-1974 , Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, 1982, no. 8, another cast illustrated.
Tate Gallery, The Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1982-84 , London, 1986, p. 198, no. T03749, another cast illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, "Cornwall and the Sculpture of Landscape: 1939-1975" in P. Curtis and A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Gallery, 1994, p. 102.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives , London, 2004, pp. 151-153, 249, no. 35, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, p, 60, pl. 54, another cast illustrated.
S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, pp. 75-76, another cast illustrated.
E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life, London, 2021, p. 200, another cast illustrated.
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Involute II
numbered "6/6" (on the side of the base)
bronze with a brown and green patina
16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1956.
This work is recorded as BH 218.
