Involute 1968
Details
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Involute 1968
signed with initials, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'B.H. 0/9 1946/1968' (on the underside)
bronze with a brown and green patina, on a hardwood base
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) wide, excluding the base
Conceived in marble in 1946 and cast in bronze in 1968 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
This work is recorded as BH 470.
Involute 1968
signed with initials, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'B.H. 0/9 1946/1968' (on the underside)
bronze with a brown and green patina, on a hardwood base
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) wide, excluding the base
Conceived in marble in 1946 and cast in bronze in 1968 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
This work is recorded as BH 470.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in May 1970.
Literature
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 47, no. 470, as 'Involute II'.
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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