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Group of Figures and Head (Burnt Umber) is included in the Hepworth catalogue raisonné of drawings and paintings being revised by Dr. Sophie Bowness.
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Group of Figures and Head (Burnt Umber)
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Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Group of Figures and Head (Burnt Umber)
signed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1951' (lower right); signed and dated again, titled and inscribed 'Barbara Hepworth 1951 Group of figures + head (burnt umber) oil + pencil 19 ¾ x 23 5/8' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on masonite
19 ¾ x 23 5/8 in. (50 x 60 cm.)
Executed in 1951
Group of Figures and Head (Burnt Umber)
signed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1951' (lower right); signed and dated again, titled and inscribed 'Barbara Hepworth 1951 Group of figures + head (burnt umber) oil + pencil 19 ¾ x 23 5/8' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on masonite
19 ¾ x 23 5/8 in. (50 x 60 cm.)
Executed in 1951
Provenance
McRoberts & Tunnard, Ltd., London.
Cecil "Titi" Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston (acquired from the above, October 1960).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Cecil "Titi" Blaffer von Fürstenberg, Houston (acquired from the above, October 1960).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Exhibited
London, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), New Sculpture and Drawings by Barbara Hepworth, October 1952, no. 16.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927 to 1954, April-June 1954, p. 29, no. 160.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927 to 1954, April-June 1954, p. 29, no. 160.
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