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We are 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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Venus (Figure II)
Details
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Venus (Figure II)
signed and indistinctly dated 'B. HEPWORTH 25' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina, unique
20 ¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high, including the bronze base
Conceived in clay between 1922-23, and cast in bronze in 1925.
This work is recorded as ex cat F.
Venus (Figure II)
signed and indistinctly dated 'B. HEPWORTH 25' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina, unique
20 ¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high, including the bronze base
Conceived in clay between 1922-23, and cast in bronze in 1925.
This work is recorded as ex cat F.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Claude de Berry in 1925.
with Drian Galleries, London, where purchased by Mary and Carleton Swift in early 1962.
with Drian Galleries, London, where purchased by Mary and Carleton Swift in early 1962.
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We are 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.