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Hollow Oval (January)
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Hollow Oval (January)
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'B.H. 7⁄9' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze, with a green patina in the interior, and strings
7 3⁄8 in. (18.8 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1965 and cast by Morris Singer, London.
This work is recorded as BH 375.
Hollow Oval (January)
signed with initials, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'B.H. 7⁄9' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze, with a green patina in the interior, and strings
7 3⁄8 in. (18.8 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1965 and cast by Morris Singer, London.
This work is recorded as BH 375.
Provenance
Mrs Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 199, where purchased by the present owner.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 199, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Exhibition of Sculpture, New York, Marlborough Gerson Gallery, 1966, n.p., no. 27, illustrated.
R. Alley (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 40, 60, no. 148, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 39, no. 375, another cast illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Ontario, 1991, pp. 36, 46, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
R. Alley (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 40, 60, no. 148, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 39, no. 375, another cast illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, Ontario, 1991, pp. 36, 46, no. 13, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Collector's Choice XIII, March - April 1965, no. 46, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough Gerson Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Exhibition of Sculpture, April - May 1966, no. 27.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 148, another cast exhibited.
New York, Marlborough Gerson Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Exhibition of Sculpture, April - May 1966, no. 27.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 148, another cast exhibited.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Director, Head of Evening Sale