Live Auction 778920th Century British And Irish Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 80

Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

Three forms (Extra eye)

Closed12 November 2009

Price Realised

GBP 70,850

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Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Three forms (Extra eye)
signed, numbered and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1969 4/9' (on the side of the base), and with the foundry mark 'MS' (on the side of the base)
bronze with a polished gold patina
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.), including base

Purchased by Thelma Cazalet-Keir, C.B.E. at the 1970 exhibition.

Specialist note

Thelma Cazalet-Keir and Nancy Balfour were instrumental in securing the loan of a cast of Four Square (Walk Through), 1966 (BH 433) and one of Rock Form (Porthcurno), 1964 (BH 363) in the gardens of Eaton Square, Belgravia, London in December 1968. They remained in-situ for about a year. Barbara subsequently placed a cast of Two Figures, 1968 (BH 460) there until 1971.