Lot Essay
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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Three Forms (Extra Eye)
Details
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Three Forms (Extra Eye)
signed, numbered, dated and inscribed with the Morris Singer studio stamp 'Barbara Hepworth 1969 6/9 M/S' (on the back edge of the base)
polished and painted patina on a bronze base
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, including bronze base
Conceived in 1969 in an edition of 9, plus 3 artist's casts.
This work is recorded as BH 487.
Three Forms (Extra Eye)
signed, numbered, dated and inscribed with the Morris Singer studio stamp 'Barbara Hepworth 1969 6/9 M/S' (on the back edge of the base)
polished and painted patina on a bronze base
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, including bronze base
Conceived in 1969 in an edition of 9, plus 3 artist's casts.
This work is recorded as BH 487.
Provenance
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by the present owner in December 1970.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Recent Work, Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1970, pp. 7, 30, no. 26, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Plymouth, City Art Gallery, 1970, n.p., no. 60, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Hakone, Japan, Hakone Open-Air Museum, 1970, n.p., no. 37, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, New York, Gimpel Fils, 1971, no. 14, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-1969, London, 1971, pp. 48-49, no. 487, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, n.p., no. 56, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Polished Bronzes, Salisbury, New Art Centre, 2001, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Plymouth, City Art Gallery, 1970, n.p., no. 60, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Hakone, Japan, Hakone Open-Air Museum, 1970, n.p., no. 37, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, New York, Gimpel Fils, 1971, no. 14, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-1969, London, 1971, pp. 48-49, no. 487, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, n.p., no. 56, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Polished Bronzes, Salisbury, New Art Centre, 2001, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 26, another cast exhibited.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 60, another cast exhibited.
Japan, Hakone, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth, June - September 1970, no. 37, another cast exhibited.
New York, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971, no. 14, another cast exhibited.
Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 17, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, no. 56, another cast exhibited.
Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth, A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, no. 25, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September - October 1978; Hawick, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1978; Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November - December 1978; and Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Art Centre, March 1979.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape 1934-1974, October 1982 - November 1982, no. 25: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Wrexham and Isle of Man to February 1983.
London, Robert Sandelson, Barbara Hepworth, November 2001 - January 2002, ex-catalogue, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth, Polished Bronzes, December 2001 - February 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, The Hepworth Wakefield: A Celebration, April - May 2011, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Modern British Sculpture, January - March 2011, another cast exhibited.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 60, another cast exhibited.
Japan, Hakone, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth, June - September 1970, no. 37, another cast exhibited.
New York, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971, no. 14, another cast exhibited.
Austin, University of Texas Art Museum, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, September 1971, no. 17, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures from 1935 to 1970, October - November 1975, no. 56, another cast exhibited.
Galashiels, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth, A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, no. 25, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, June 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, September 1978; Milngavie, Lillie Art Gallery, September - October 1978; Hawick, Museum and Art Gallery, October - November 1978; Ayr, Maclaurin Art Gallery, November - December 1978; and Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Art Centre, March 1979.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape 1934-1974, October 1982 - November 1982, no. 25: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Wrexham and Isle of Man to February 1983.
London, Robert Sandelson, Barbara Hepworth, November 2001 - January 2002, ex-catalogue, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth, Polished Bronzes, December 2001 - February 2002, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, New Art Centre, The Hepworth Wakefield: A Celebration, April - May 2011, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Modern British Sculpture, January - March 2011, another cast exhibited.
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