Modern British & Irish Art
Modern British & Irish Art
Property from a Private London Collection
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-square (Four circles)
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November 23, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Property from a Private London Collection
Dame Barbara Hepworth
1903 - 1975
Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-square (Four circles)
slate
height (including integral slate base): 30cm.; 11¾in.
width (including integral slate base): 26cm.; 10¼in.
Conceived in 1966, the present work is number 3 from the edition of 3.
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. BH407.
Gifted by the Artist to John Crowther OBE, Truro, 1966
His sale, David Lay Auctions Cornwall, 30 July 2009, lot 534, where acquired by Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection, Sydney
Their sale, Deutscher and Hackett Sydney, 27 August 2014, lot 21A, where acquired by the present owner
His sale, David Lay Auctions Cornwall, 30 July 2009, lot 534, where acquired by Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection, Sydney
Their sale, Deutscher and Hackett Sydney, 27 August 2014, lot 21A, where acquired by the present owner
Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, Lund Humphries, London, 1971, no. 407, p. 42, illustrated pl. 145 (another from the edition)
Matthew Gale & Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, p. 240 (another from the edition)
Matthew Gale & Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth: Works in the Tate Gallery collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, p. 240 (another from the edition)