Modern British Art
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Pierced Form (Toledo)
Mahogany with string, on a black-painted wooden base.
35 1/4 in. (89.5 cm.) high, excluding base.
Carved in 1957.
This work is recorded as BH 232.
Estimate £2,500,000 - £3,500,000. Price realised £3,522,000
Sold by Christie’s, March 2023 in London.
LYNN CHADWICK, R.A. (1914-2003)
Maquette IV Walking Woman
“Chadwick has always been intrigued by movement, either actual or implied, in his sculpture. From his early mobiles to his dancing Teddy Boy and Girl series of the 1950s to his cloaked walking women with windswept hair of the 1980s, he has explored figures in motion. Sometimes their cloaks and draperies flow out in the wind from behind them, or are caught by a gust and wrap themselves around the figures.”
Estimate £35,000 - £55,000. Price realised £138,600
Sold by Christie’s in March 2023 in London.
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Coré
Numbered ‘6/7’ (at the base).
Bronze with a green patina, on a slate base.
29 1⁄4 in. (74.2 cm.) high, excluding base.
Conceived in marble in 1955-56 and cast in bronze in 1960.
This work is recorded as BH 208 B.
Estimate £500,000 - £800,000. Price realised £655,200
Sold by Christie’s, March 2022 in London.
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1889-1986)
Mother and Child with Apple
bronze with a dark brown patina
28 5/8 in. (75.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1956, this is the second cast from an edition of 10, plus an artist's cast.
Cast in 1957 by Art Bronze Foundry, London.
Estimate £3,300,000 - £5,000,000. Price realised £3,402,000
Sold by Christie’s, March 2023 in London.
DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975)
Two Forms from Delos
White marble, unique.
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high, including the base.
Carved in 1970.
This work is recorded as BH 509.
A gift from the artist to Mr Robins in September 1970, and by descent.
Estimate £250,000 - £350,000. Price realised £504,000
Sold by Christie’s, October 2022 in London.
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1889-1986)
Half Figure
Hornton stone, unique
14 1⁄8 in. (35.9 cm.) high, excluding base
Carved in 1929.
Estimate £600,000 - £800,000.
Offered by Christie’s, October 2023 in London.