Lot Essay
Dr. Sophie Bowness will include this sculpture in her forthcoming revised Hepworth catalogue raisonné under the archive number BH 113B.
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Sculpture with Colour and Strings
Details
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Sculpture with Colour and Strings
numbered '2/9' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina and string
Height: 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1939; this bronze and string version executed in 1961
Sculpture with Colour and Strings
numbered '2/9' (on the underside)
bronze with brown and green patina and string
Height: 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1939; this bronze and string version executed in 1961
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London.
J. A. Collins, United States (acquired from the above, 1962).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 134.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
J. A. Collins, United States (acquired from the above, 1962).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 1995, lot 134.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H. Read, Barbara Hepworth, Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, no. 60a (plaster version illustrated).
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, Neuchâtel, 1961, p. 165, no. 113 (another bronze and string version illustrated).
A.M. Hammacher, The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1968, p. 78, no. 55 (another bronze and string version illustrated).
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, Neuchâtel, 1961, p. 165, no. 113 (another bronze and string version illustrated).
A.M. Hammacher, The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1968, p. 78, no. 55 (another bronze and string version illustrated).