Tuesday 8 March 2016

The others

As mentioned, there were nine versions of this piece and the example at St Ives is no. 9 of 9.
I aim to find the others. The Tate catalogue entry mention a book, Alan Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, 1971 and I'll try to get a look later this week at the V&A library.

Until then, I'll try the auction houses.

No.1



No.2



No.3 Was sold at Sotheby's, London in June 2005 For £36,000 (est. £20k-36k)
and at Sotheby's, London in December 2008 For £44,450 (est. £35k-45k)
failed to sell at Sotheby's, London in June 2014 (est. £80k-120k) [I think that was #3]
and sold at Sotheby's, London in November 2014 for £56,250 (est. 50k-70k).

PROVENANCE
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, where acquired by Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1964
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Their sale, Sotheby's New York, 12th November 1988, lot 455
Private Collection, Belgium
Their sale, Sotheby's London, 21st June 2005, lot 390
Private Collection
Their sale, Sotheby's London, 10th December 2008, lot 74, where acquired by the present owner

Images from  invaluable, MutualArt, both thought to be #3.


No.4



No.5



No.6



No.7



No.8



Notes
Sotheby's seems to have sold the same one (#3) four times, or rather three times and one failure.
Christie's has not sold one.
MutualArt only has #3 being sold going back to 1998.

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