Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Maquette (One Eye)
signed with initials and dated 'BH/66' (on the back of the base); signed and dated again 'Barbara Hepworth 1966' (on the underside)
slate
Height: 9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.)
Executed in 1966; unique
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London (1966). Private collection, England (acquired from the above, August 1973); sale, Christie's, London, 7 December 1998, lot 313. Ann Kendall Richards, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, February 1999.
Literature
A.M. Hammacher, The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, p. 154. A. Bowness, ed., The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, 1960-1969, London, 1971, p. 42, no. 411 (illustrated, pl. 148).
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, May-June 1966, no. 34 (illustrated). London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April-May 1968, p. 61, no. 164. London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, October-November 1972, no. 27.