Modern & Post-War British Art
Modern & Post-War British Art
Property from an Important Private European Collection
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH | RECLINING SOLITARY FORM (AMULET)
Auction Closed
November 20, 12:36 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH
1903-1975
RECLINING SOLITARY FORM (AMULET)
numbered 0 on the underside
polished bronze
height (excluding base): 7cm.; 2¾in.; width: 9cm.; 3½in.
Conceived in 1961, the present work is number 0 (an Artist's Cast) from the edition of 10 plus 0.
The Estate of the Artist and thence by descent, 2002
New Art Centre, Salisbury, where acquired by Private Collection, Switzerland, 2005
New Art Centre, Salisbury, where acquired by the present owners in 2010
Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, Praeger Publishers, New York and Washington, 1971, cat. no.307, illustrated pl.48 (another cast);
Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth, Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1999, p.226.
We are grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her kind assistance with the cataloguing apparatus for the present work.