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Barbara Hepworth sculpture could sell for up to £8m
A sculpture by British artist Barbara Hepworth could sell for up to £8m at auction.
Hepworth moved to St Ives in Cornwall with her husband, artist Ben Nicholson, and their family at the start of the Second World War.
She lived and worked in Trewyn Studio from 1949 until her death in a fire in 1975.
The studio is now the Tate Barbara Hepworth Museum.
Auctioneers say Cornwall’s light, sea, cliffs and ancient stones shaped her art, including her use of colour on sculptures.
The work has three hollows painted blue, grey and white, and was carved in the year after the war, which Christie’s described as the year “the world began again”.
A Barbara Hepworth sculpture could sell for up to £8m at auction.
The auctioneers said the Cornish landscape strongly influenced Hepworth’s work.
Hepworth moved to St Ives with her artist husband, Ben Nicholson, and their family in 1939.
She lived and worked at Trewyn Studio from 1949 until her death in a fire in 1975.
Christie’s Alice Murray said the sculpture was carved in the year the world began again after the war.
- Who
- Barbara Hepworth, the sculptor.
- What
- A Hepworth sculpture could sell for up to £8m at auction.
- When
- The auction date is not stated.
- Where
- The auction location is not stated.
- Why
- The auctioneers said the Cornish landscape strongly influenced Hepworth’s work. The reason for the sale is not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hepworth moved to St Ives with Ben Nicholson and their family.
Hepworth began living and working at Trewyn Studio.
Hepworth died in a fire.
- Estimated sale price
- Up to £8m
- Sculptor
- Barbara Hepworth
- Move to St Ives
- 1939
- Trewyn Studio
- Hepworth lived and worked there from 1949
- Death
- 1975, in a fire
What people are saying
the year the world began again
Three hollows, painted blue, grey and white, catch the light like the first minutes of morning.
strongly influenced
became central to her artistic practice
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