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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2021 | Torso II (Torcello) | 3 | Freeman's | Philadelphia | |||
sculpture
3.8 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (1.5 x 16 x 16 in)
Bronze with cement base
stamped 3/6 bottom center, Susse Frères, Paris foundry
Gimpel Fils, London, United Kingdom.Private Collection (acquired directly from the above in 1961).Private Estate (by family descent).
“Barbara Hepworth ,” Gimpel Fils, London, May 1958, cat. no.10 (another cast exhibited).“Modern Sculpture,” Leeds City Art Gallery, United Kingdom, October 8 - November 5, 1958, cat. no. 39 (another cast exhibited).“Moments of Vision,” Rome-New York Art Foundation, Rome, July - November 1959, p. 30 (another cast exhibited).“Hepworth,” Galerie Chalette, New York, October - November 1959, cat. no. 23, illustrated (another cast exhibited).“Summer Exhibition,” Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 1960, cat. no. 49 (another cast exhibited).“Northern Artists,” Manchester City Art Gallery, United Kingdom, July 16 - August 7, 1960, cat. no. 26 (another cast exhibited); also traveled with Arts Council tour to Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bolton Art Gallery, Bolton; Bradford City Art Gallery, Bradford; Carlisle Public Library and Art Gallery, Carlisle.“Malerei und Plastik aus Leeds,” Stadthaus Unterer Galerie, Dortmund, Germany, May - June 1961, cat. no. 25 (another cast exhibited).“Sculpture 1961,” National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, July 15 - September 2, 1961, cat. no. 22, illustrated (another cast exhibited); also traveled with Welsh Committee of the Arts Council tour to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; University College, Bangor.“Barbara Hepworth: An Exhibition of Sculpture from 1952-1962,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, May - June 1962, cat. no. 30, illustrated (another cast exhibited).“International Exhibition and Sale of Contemporary Art,” O"Hana Gallery, London, November 15 - 24, 1962, cat. no. 18 (another cast exhibited).“Autumn Exhibition 1962,” Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives, United Kingdom, Autumn 1962, un-numbered exhibition (another cast exhibited).“Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings,” John Lewis Partnership, Oxford Street, London, April 1963, cat. no. 4 (another cast exhibited).Little Missenden Festival, United Kingdom, October 1965 (another cast exhibited).“Collectors" Choice XIV,” Gimpel Fils, London, June 1967, cat. no. 25, illustrated (another cast exhibited).“Barbara Hepworth,” Gimpel Fils, London, October - November 1972, cat. no. 8 (another cast exhibited).“Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970,” Gimpel Fils, London, October 7 - November 15, 1975, cat. no. 19, illustrated (another cast exhibited).“Barbara Hepworth,” Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, July 19 - October 31, 1980, cat. no. 5, illustrated p. 15 (another cast exhibited).
Bowness, Alan, Barbara Hepworth, London 1961, no. 234 (another cast illustrated).Hodin, J.P., Barbara Hepworth, London: Lund Humphries , 1961, pp. 22, 169, no. 234 (another cast illustrated).Hammacher, A. M., et al., Barbara Hepworth, London: Thames & Hudson, 1968, rev. ed. 1987, p. 130, 138, pl. 106 (another cast illustrated).Jenkins, David Fraser, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St. Ives, Cornwall, London: Tate, 1982, p. 17, 31 (another cast illustrated).Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-2, London: Tate, 1984, pp. 115-16, (another cast illustrated).Cork, Richard, “On Growth and Form,” Tate: The Art Magazine, (Winter 1994) no. 4, p. 38 (another cast illustrated).Festing, Sally, Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms, London: Viking, 1995, p. 229.Gale, Matthew and Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St. Ives, London: Tate, 1999, cat. no. 41, p. 169 (another cast illustrated).Curtis, Penelope, Barbara Hepworth, London: Tate, 1998/2013, p. 52, 53 (another cast illustrated).
Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903-1975)
Torso II (Torcello)
1958, stamped 3/6 bottom center, Susse Frères, Paris foundry. Bronze with cement base.
Dimensions without base:
height: 34 1/4 in. (87cm)
width: 21 in. (53.3cm)
depth: 10 in. (25.4cm)
base: 1 1/2 x 16 x 16 in. (3.8 x 40.6 x 40.6cm)
