Single Form (Sun and Moon)

Barbara Hepworth

"We are so placed here, geographically, that both sun and moon rise and set over the water with a great radiance and this fact sets up a remarkable tension in my everyday life."
Barbara Hepworth on St Ives.

Of the four casts made of this work (BH 431) all, including the artist's cast, had left the studio by the end of 1968. An unique version, cast in gold (BH 418), can be seen in studio photographs from the period and remained with the artist until her death.

Cast 1/3 is in the permanent collection and display of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

A20 55 HEPWORTH Single Form view 1
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Artist
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Title
Single Form (Sun and Moon)
Medium
Polished bronze
Date
1966
Size
h. 6 ¼ in : 15.5 cm (inc. base)
Edition
Artist's cast from the edition of 3 + 1 artist's cast
Signature
Signed B H, numbered 0/3 and stamped with the foundry mark MS (on the reverse of the base)
Provenance
Laing Gallery, Toronto
Collection P. Bower (acquired in 1968)
Thence by family descent
Sotheby's London, their sale, 23rd November 2020, Lot 312
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
London, Tate, Barbara Hepworth, 3 April - 19 May 1968, no. 171, illustrated in the catalogue (another cast)
Literature
Alan Bowness, The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, Praeger Publisher, New York and Washington, 1971, no. 431, illustrated p. 45 (another cast)
Reference
AC26-43
Status
Available
Single Form (Sun and Moon) - Barbara Hepworth

Single Form (Sun and Moon) - Barbara Hepworth

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