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Lot 161 |PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RENEE L. RUPERT GRANVILLE-GROSSMAN
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Figure (Chûn)
Closed21 November 2013
Price Realised
GBP 152,500
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Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Figure (Chûn)
numbered '7/8' (on the base)
polished bronze
17¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1960.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH279, cast 7.
Figure (Chûn)
numbered '7/8' (on the base)
polished bronze
17¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1960.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH279, cast 7.
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Figure (Chûn)
numbered '7/8' (on the base)
polished bronze
17¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1960.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH279, cast 7.
Figure (Chûn)
numbered '7/8' (on the base)
polished bronze
17¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high, including base
Conceived in 1960.
Please note that this work is recorded as BH279, cast 7.
with Gimpel Fils, London, November 1960, where purchased by Howard Baer, 1961.
with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 April 1989, lot 231A, where purchased by the present owner.
with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 April 1989, lot 231A, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Zürich, Galerie Charles Leinhard, 1960, no. 23, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Gimpel Fils, 1961, no. 15, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospective 1952-62, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, no. 46, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospective 1935-64, Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, 1965, no. 27, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1966, no. 17, another cast illustrated.
R. Alley, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, p. 58, no. 106, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 29, no. 279, figs 24, 25, another cast illustrated.
Exhibiton catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, no. 27, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Hepworth, New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, 1977, no. 4, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Ten Sculptures, London, New Art Centre, 1987, no. 6, another cast illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth, Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, 1991, pp. 32, 46, no. 9, another cast illustrated.
P. Curtis & A.G. Wilkinson (eds), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, A Retrospecticve, London, Tate Gallery, 1994, pp. 108, 164, no. 64, another cast illustrated.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth St Ives Artists, London, 1998, p. 42.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 2004, p. 152, no. 129, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, London, Gimpel Fils, 1961, no. 15, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospective 1952-62, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1962, no. 46, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospective 1935-64, Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, 1965, no. 27, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1966, no. 17, another cast illustrated.
R. Alley, exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, London, Tate Gallery, 1968, p. 58, no. 106, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 29, no. 279, figs 24, 25, another cast illustrated.
Exhibiton catalogue, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures, London, Gimpel Fils, 1975, no. 27, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Hepworth, New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, 1977, no. 4, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth Ten Sculptures, London, New Art Centre, 1987, no. 6, another cast illustrated.
A.G. Wilkinson, Barbara Hepworth, Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario Collection, 1991, pp. 32, 46, no. 9, another cast illustrated.
P. Curtis & A.G. Wilkinson (eds), exhibition catalogue, Barbara Hepworth, A Retrospecticve, London, Tate Gallery, 1994, pp. 108, 164, no. 64, another cast illustrated.
P. Curtis, Barbara Hepworth St Ives Artists, London, 1998, p. 42.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth, London, 2004, p. 152, no. 129, another cast illustrated.
Zürich, Galerie Charles Leinhard, Barbara Hepworth, October 1960, no. 23, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, May - June 1961, no. 15, another cast exhibited.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, British Council, Retrospective 1952-62, May - June 1962, no. 46, another cast exhibited.
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Retrospective 1935-64, May - July 1965, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 17, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, February - March 1966; and Essen, Museum Folwang, April - June 1966.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 106, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures, 1975, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Barbara Hepworth, 1977, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
London, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth: Ten Sculptures, 1987, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
Liverpool, Tate, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective, September - December 1994, no. 64, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, February - April 1995; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, May - August 1995.
London, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, December 2001 - February 2002, BH279, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth, May - June 1961, no. 15, another cast exhibited.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, British Council, Retrospective 1952-62, May - June 1962, no. 46, another cast exhibited.
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Retrospective 1935-64, May - July 1965, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1965, no. 17, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, February - March 1966; and Essen, Museum Folwang, April - June 1966.
London, Tate Gallery, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective 1927-67, April - May 1968, no. 106, another cast exhibited.
London, Gimpel Fils, Barbara Hepworth: 50 Sculptures, 1975, no. 27, another cast exhibited.
New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Barbara Hepworth, 1977, no. 4, another cast exhibited.
London, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth: Ten Sculptures, 1987, no. 6, another cast exhibited.
Liverpool, Tate, Barbara Hepworth Retrospective, September - December 1994, no. 64, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to New Haven, Yale Centre for British Art, February - April 1995; and Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, May - August 1995.
London, New Art Centre, Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, December 2001 - February 2002, BH279, another cast exhibited.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Specialist note
We are very grateful to Dr Sophie Bowness for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for lots 161, 197, 198, 199 and 207. Dr Sophie Bowness is preparing the revised catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture.