Lot Essay
Three Groups on a White and Yellow Ground is included in the Hepworth catalogue raisonné of drawings and paintings being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
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Three Groups on a White and Yellow Ground
Details
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Three Groups on a White and Yellow Ground
signed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1949' (upper left); signed again 'Barbara Hepworth' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on masonite
18 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (47.7 x 57.2 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Three Groups on a White and Yellow Ground
signed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1949' (upper left); signed again 'Barbara Hepworth' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on masonite
18 ¾ x 22 ½ in. (47.7 x 57.2 cm.)
Executed in 1949
Provenance
Maurice Goldman, London.
The Piccadilly Gallery, London.
Cecil "Titi" Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston (acquired from the above, May 1985).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
The Piccadilly Gallery, London.
Cecil "Titi" Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston (acquired from the above, May 1985).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Literature
Exhibited
London, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), New Sculpture and Drawings by Barbara Hepworth, February 1950, no. 38.
Venice, XXV Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, June-October 1950, no. 116.
Wakefield City Art Gallery; York City Art Gallery and Manchester City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, May-October 1951, no. 88.
Paris, Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, English Contrasts: Peintres et sculpteurs anglais, 1950-1960, September-November 1984, p. 40 (illustrated).
Venice, XXV Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, June-October 1950, no. 116.
Wakefield City Art Gallery; York City Art Gallery and Manchester City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, May-October 1951, no. 88.
Paris, Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, English Contrasts: Peintres et sculpteurs anglais, 1950-1960, September-November 1984, p. 40 (illustrated).
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