Dame Barbara Hepworth

Makutu

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June 29, 08:07 PM GMT

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903 - 1975

Makutu

signed Barbara Hepworth, dated 1969 CAST 1970, numbered 4/9 and stamped with foundry mark Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON (on the base)

bronze

height (including base): 75.5cm.; 29¾in.

Conceived in 1969 and cast in 1970, the present work is number 4 from the edition of 9 + 0.

This work will be included in the revised catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth's sculpture being prepared by Dr. Sophie Bowness under the catalogue no. BH 505.

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芭芭拉・赫普沃斯女爵士

1903 - 1975年

《蠱惑》

款識：藝術家簽名 Barbara Hepworth、紀年1969 CAST 1970、標記4/9並蓋印鑄造廠章 Morris Singer FOUNDERS LONDON（底座）

青銅

高（連底座）：75.5 公分；29¾ 英寸

1969年構思，1970年鑄造，一版9件，本作為第4件。

本作將收錄於蘇菲・鮑內斯博士正在整理的芭芭拉・赫普沃斯女爵士雕塑專題目錄內，圖錄編號為 BH 505。

Acquired by The Morris Singer Sculpture Association Ltd in April 1971

Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1980, lot 185, where acquired by the Alwin Gallery, London

Marlborough Fine Art, London, where acquired by the grandmother of the present owner in 1985, and thence by descent

Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, 1971, Praeger Publishers, New York, no. 499, illustrated p. 50 (another cast)
Walter John Strachan, Open Air Sculpture in Britain: A Comprehensive Guide, Tate Gallery, London, 1984, no. 141, p. 78, illustrated p. 79 (another cast)
David Fraser Jenkins, Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Publishing Ltd, London, 1982, p. 40 (another cast)
Matthew Gale and Chris Stephens (eds.), Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Gallery Publishing, London, 1999, no. 71, illustrated p. 259 (another cast)

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth: Recent Work Sculpture, Painting, Prints, February - March 1970, no. 39, illustrated in catalogue p. 40 (lignum vitae carving)

St Ives, Penwith Gallery, Autumn Exhibition 1970, September - October 1970, with extensive Arts Council Tour (another cast)

New York, Gimpel Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, March - April 1971 (another cast)

London, Austin Reed Gallery, St Ives Group: 3rd Exhibition, August 1971 (another cast)

Galashiels, Scottish College of Textiles, Barbara Hepworth: A Selection of Small Bronzes and Prints, April - May 1978, with Scottish Arts Council tour to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness; Dundee Museum and Art Gallery, Dundee; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Hawick Museum and Art Gallery, Hawick; and Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr (another cast)

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barbara Hepworth, July - October 1980, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 28 (another cast)

Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Barbara Hepworth: A Sculptor's Landscape 1934-79, October - November 1982, with tour to Bangor Art Gallery, Bangor; Wrexham Library Art Centre, Wrexham; and Manx Museum, Isle of Man (another cast)