Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for this work. Dr Sophie Bowness is preparing the revised catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Hepworth, Dame B.
Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red
signed, inscribed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth/"Sculpture with colour/pale blue & red"/1943' (on the underside of the base)
painted wood and string, unique
19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) long
Carved in 1943.
This work is recorded as BH 119.
Hepworth, Dame B.
Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red
signed, inscribed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth/"Sculpture with colour/pale blue & red"/1943' (on the underside of the base)
painted wood and string, unique
19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) long
Carved in 1943.
This work is recorded as BH 119.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Helen Sutherland in March 1944.
Acquired from the above by Nicolete Gray, London, in 1966, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 July 1998, lot 20, where purchased by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 6 June 2008, lot 164, where purchased by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by Nicolete Gray, London, in 1966, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 July 1998, lot 20, where purchased by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 6 June 2008, lot 164, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
W. Gibson (intro.), Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures, London, 1946, p. 65, pls. 48-49.
B. Hepworth and H. Read, Barbara Hepworth Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, nos. 66b and 67, illustrated.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, no. 119, illustrated, incorrectly dated '1934'.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 16, 55, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Carvings, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1982, p. 12, no. 4, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, St Ives 1939-64: Twenty Five Years of Painting and Sculpture, London, Tate Gallery, 1985, pp. 66, 166, illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 90-91, no. 63, illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, p. 76, fig. 34.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Centenary, London, Tate Gallery, 2003, p. 30, fig. 29.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2004, p. 157, exhibition not numbered, illustrated and on the front cover.
P. Curtis and C. Stephens (eds.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, London, Tate Britain, 2015, p. 158, no. 82, illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2017, pp. 66, 95, illustrated.
B. Hepworth and H. Read, Barbara Hepworth Carvings and Drawings, London, 1952, nos. 66b and 67, illustrated.
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, no. 119, illustrated, incorrectly dated '1934'.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 16, 55, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Carvings, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1982, p. 12, no. 4, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, St Ives 1939-64: Twenty Five Years of Painting and Sculpture, London, Tate Gallery, 1985, pp. 66, 166, illustrated.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1987, pp. 90-91, no. 63, illustrated.
M. Gale and C. Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, London, 1999, p. 76, fig. 34.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Centenary, London, Tate Gallery, 2003, p. 30, fig. 29.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2004, p. 157, exhibition not numbered, illustrated and on the front cover.
P. Curtis and C. Stephens (eds.), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, London, Tate Britain, 2015, p. 158, no. 82, illustrated.
S. Bowness (ed.), Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2017, pp. 66, 95, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Retrospective 1927-1954, April 1954, no. 36.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 39.
London, Hayward Gallery, The Helen Sutherland Collection: A Pioneer Collection of the 30s, December 1970 - January 1971, no. 14: this exhibition travelled to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, January - February 1971; Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, February - March 1971; Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, March - April 1971; and Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, May 1971.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings, July - August 1982, no. 4.
London, Tate Gallery, St Ives 1939-64: Twenty Five Years of Painting and Sculpture, February - April 1985, no. 54.
Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, exhibition not numbered.
St Ives, Tate Gallery, International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-1965, May - September 2014.
London, Tate Britain, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, June - October 2015, no. 82: this exhibition travelled to Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, November 2015 - April 2016; and Rolandseck, Arp Museum, May - August 2016.
Paris, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Women in Abstraction, May - August 2021.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, April - May 1968, no. 39.
London, Hayward Gallery, The Helen Sutherland Collection: A Pioneer Collection of the 30s, December 1970 - January 1971, no. 14: this exhibition travelled to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, January - February 1971; Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, February - March 1971; Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, March - April 1971; and Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, May 1971.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: Carvings, July - August 1982, no. 4.
London, Tate Gallery, St Ives 1939-64: Twenty Five Years of Painting and Sculpture, February - April 1985, no. 54.
Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Barbara Hepworth, September - November 2004, exhibition not numbered.
St Ives, Tate Gallery, International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-1965, May - September 2014.
London, Tate Britain, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World, June - October 2015, no. 82: this exhibition travelled to Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, November 2015 - April 2016; and Rolandseck, Arp Museum, May - August 2016.
Paris, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Women in Abstraction, May - August 2021.
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