Inv. n°: CL1054

Six Forms on a Circle

Signed, numbered and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 1967/ 6/7' (on the top of the base), with foundry mark 'Morris/Singer/FOUNDERS/LONDON (on the edge of the base).

h. 60.4 cm

conceived in 1967 and cast in 1968

Polished bronze on a revolving bronze base

Provenance

  • Hepworth estate
  • New Art Center, Salisbury, Until 2003
  • Acquired at Christie's, London, 2021

Publications

  • Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth, Recent Work: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, London, 1970, pp. 7, 18, no. 8, another cast illustrated
  • Hakone Open-Air Museum, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, Hakone, 1970, pp. 32, 83, no. 25, another cast illutsrated
  • A. Bowness (ed.), The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, London, 1971, p. 46, no. 454, pl. 174, another cast illustrated
  • C. Nemser, Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists, New York, 1975, p. 26, another cast illustrated
  • Marlborough Fine Art, Barbara Hepworth, Carvings and Bronzes, New York, 1979, pp. 12, 62, no. 28, another cast exhibited
  • Waddington Galleries, Group VI, London, 1983, p. 29, no. 44, another cast illustrated
  • Waddington Galleries, Works on Paper and Sculpture, London, 1993, pp. 25, 103, no. 11, another cast illustrated
  • Crane Kalman Gallery, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) and two wives: Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) & Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), London, 1996, n.p., no. 17, another cast illutsrated
  • S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield, Farnham, 2011, p. 61, pl. 55, another cast illustrated
  • S. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio, London, 2017, p. 119, fig. 116, palster illustrated
  • Pace Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Matter of Form, New York, 2018, pp. 52-53, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated
  • E. Clayton, Barbara Hepworth, Art & Life, London, 2021, pp. 238-239, another cast illustrated

Exhibitions

  • Barbara Hepworth, Tate Gallery, London, UK, April 1968 — May 1968
  • Bernard Leach, Barbara Hepworth: Conferment (Freedom of St Ives), Churchyard Library, St Ives, Guildhall, UK, September 1968 — October 1968
  • Barbara Hepworth, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, USA, April 1969 — May 1969
  • St Ives Group: 2nd Echibition: 1969 BAth Festival, Festival Gallery, Bath, UK
  • Barbara Hepworth, Recent work: Scultpure, Paintings, Prints, Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK, February 1970 — March 1970
  • Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air museum, Hakone, Japan, June 1970 — September 1970
  • Barbara Hepworth, University of Texas Art Museum, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, USA
  • Barbara Hepworth, carvings and bronzes, Marlborough Fine Art, New York, USA, May 1979 — June 1979
  • Group VI, Waddington Galleries, London, UK
  • Works on paper and sculpture, Waddington Galleries, London, UK, September 1993 — October 1993
  • Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) and two wives: Winifried Nicholson (1893-1981) & Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), Crane Kalman Gallery, London, UK, March 1996 — May 1996
  • Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK, December 2001 — February 2002
  • Barbara Hepworth: Polished Bronzes, Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield, UK, May 2003 — June 2003
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day

© Barbara Hepworth © Bowness

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