Three forms (Extra eye)

Details

Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Three forms (Extra eye)
signed, numbered and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1969 4/9' (on the side of the base), and with the foundry mark 'MS' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a polished gold patina
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.), including base

Provenance

Purchased by Thelma Cazalet-Keir, C.B.E. at the 1970 exhibition.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Recent work Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1970, p.7, no. 26, another cast illustrated, p. 30.
A. Bowness (ed.), Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-1969, London, 1971, pp. 48-49, no. 487, another cast illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth Recent work, Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 26.

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Lot Essay

Thelma Cazalet-Keir and Nancy Balfour were instrumental in securing the loan of a cast of Four Square (Walk Through), 1966 (BH 433) and one of Rock Form (Porthcurno), 1964 (BH 363) in the gardens of Eaton Square, Belgravia, London in December 1968. They remained in-situ for about a year. Barbara subsequently placed a cast of Two Figures, 1968 (BH 460) there until 1971.

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