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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2025 | Vertical form (St Ives) | 7 | Phillips | New York | |||
sculpture
47 x 26 x 20 cm (18.5 x 10.25 x 7.88 in)
polished bronze
stamped with the number \\\"7/9\\\" on the lower edge of reverse; stamped with the artist"s initials, inscription and date \\\"B.H. CAST 1969\\\" on the underside
Gimpel Fils, London
Private Collection, California (acquired from the above in June 1970)
Private Collection, Pennsylvania
Private Collection, Pennsylvania (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain; Uttoxeter, Abbotsholme; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; Nottingham, Castle Museum; Ilkley, Manor House Art Gallery and Museum; Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Coventry, Belgrade Theatre; Shrewsbury Art Gallery; Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery; Kettering Art Gallery; Cardiff, National Museum of Wales; Cambridge, Ede Gallery; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery; Southampton Art Gallery, emBarbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Lithographs,/em January 1970-January 1971, no. 16, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: Recent Work, Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February 11-March 13, 1970, no. 29, pp. 8, 30 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 30)
Kanagawa, The Hakone Open-Air Museum,em Barbara Hepworth Exhibition/em, 1970, June 1-September 15, 1970, no. 39, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
St Ives, Penwith Gallery, emAutumn Exhibition 1971/em, September 23-November 25, 1971, no. 4, n.p. (another example exhibited)
St Ives, Penwith Gallery, emWinter Exhibition 1971/em, December 2, 1971-February 9, 1972, no. 5, n.p. (another example exhibited)
Alan Bowness, ed.,em The complete sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69/em, London, 1971, no. 495, pp. 50, 222 (another example illustrated, p. 50)
Tate Gallery, ed.,em The Tate Gallery Collections, British Painting, Modern Painting \u0026 Sculpture, /emLondon, 1984, no. T03150, p. 215 (another example)
emThe Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82/em, London, 1984, no. T03150, p. 123 (another example illustrated)
Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens, emBarbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, /emLondon, 1999, no. 66, pp. 243-245, 296 (another example illustrated, p. 244)
Barbara Hepworth
Vertical form (St Ives)
18 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (47 x 26 x 20 cm)
stamped with the number \\\"7/9\\\" on the lower edge of reverse; stamped with the artist"s initials, inscription and date \\\"B.H. CAST 1969\\\" on the underside
polished bronze
Conceived in 1968 and cast in 1969, in the United Kingdom, this work is number 7 from an edition of 9 plus 1 artist"s proof.
This work is recorded as BH 495 in the catalogue raisonné of Hepworth"s sculpture, which is being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
Another example from the edition is housed in the permanent collection of the Tate Collection, London, on display at the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St Ives.
