Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth installed in the Stable Gallery at Roche Court, including ‘Desert Forms (from Aegean Suite)’ (1970-71), ‘Aegean’ (1956), ‘Four Forms’ (1974) and ‘Maquette, Theme and Variations’ (1970)

The New Art Centre represents the Barbara Hepworth Estate and has worked closely with the family on a global exhibitions and sales programme for over two decades. Our joint aim is to increase public awareness of Hepworth's work and legacy.

The New Art Centre frequently exhibits Hepworth's work in our galleries and sculpture park, situated in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside. Hepworth's desire to bring the physicality and vitality of the landscape into her work makes the presentation of her sculpture in the park particularly poignant.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information on available works here.

In May 2021, The Hepworth Wakefield opened the largest exhibition of Barbara Hepworth’s work since the artist’s death. The Hepworth Wakefield opened in 2011 to present major exhibitions of the best international, modern and contemporary art, house dedicated galleries filled with Hepworth's work, and bring together scholarly insight into her process. The building, designed by Sir David Chipperfield, has been acknowledged as one of the most significant new buildings in the country in recent times and was nominated for the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize. Please click here to visit The Hepworth Wakefield website.

More than forty years after her death, Barbara Hepworth is of global importance. Her work resides in numerous museum collections worldwide, including Tate, London, the Whitworth, Manchester, The Phillips Collection, Washington, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and MoMA, New York.

Sculpture

Barbara Hepworth
Aegean, 1956
Bronze
27.9 x 22.9 x 27.9 cm
11 x 9⅛ x 11 in.
Edition 6 of 6

Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth's Hand, (1943-44) 1967
Bronze
10.2 x 12.7 x 22.8 cm
4 x 5 x 9 in.
Edition of 7 of 7

Lithographs

Barbara Hepworth
Three Forms Assembling, 1968-69
Lithograph on Japanese Paper
Framed: 75.5 x 60 cm / 29 ¾ x 23 ½ in.
Unframed: 65 x 50.4 cm / 27 ⅜ x 19 ⅞ in.

The Aegean Suite was started in St Ives in October 1970 and completed at the Curwen Studio in London in June 1971, and includes both Desert Forms and Sun & Water. The lithographs are printed on hand-made paper supplied by Barcham Green and each sheet bears the watermark BH. Each lithograph is signed by the artist and published in a total edition of 90 copies of which the ‘Home’ edition is number I – 60/60 and the overseas edition is number xi – 30/30.

This second series of lithographs represents a further progression in Barbara Hepworth’s graphic work. At the outset it was decided to explore in terms of lithography, ideas on which she was currently working in sculpture. Characteristically, she has been involved in the development of each print, drawing the various colour separations, later in the adjustment of the work on the plates and carefully selecting colour combinations during proofing. The use of overlays of transparent colour has held her attention throughout the work, particularly interesting is the way in which she has adapted new lithographic processes to interpret washes of colour in rich tonal variations.

Barbara Hepworth
Desert Forms (from Aegean Suite), 1970-1971
Lithograph on handmade Barcham Green paper and each sheet bears the watermark BH
Framed: 92 x 69 cm / 36 ¼ x 27 in.
Unframed: 81.2 x 58.6 cm / 32 x 23 in.
Signed
Edition 2 of 60

Barbara Hepworth
Sun & Water (from the Aegean Suite), 1970-1971
Lithograph on handmade Barcham Green paper and each sheet bears the watermark BH
Framed: 92 x 69 cm / 36 ¼ x 27 in.
Unframed: 81.2 x 58.5 cm / 32 x 23 in.
Signed
Edition 2 of 30

Barbara Hepworth
Sea Forms, 1969
Lithograph printed in colours on wove paper
Framed: 71.5 x 94 cm / 28 x 37 in.
Unframed: 59.2 x 82 cm / 23 x 32 ¼ in.
Signed 'Barbara Hepworth' (lower right) and editioned '15/60' (lower left)
Edition 15 of 60

Barbara Hepworth
Squares and Circles (Curwen Prints), 1969
Lithograph on handmade Barcham Green paper
Framed: 68.5 x 91 cm / 27 x 35 ¾ in.
Unframed: 58.5 x 81.4 cm / 23 x 32 in.
Unsigned, unnumbered AP from a suite of 12 Lithographs

Barbara Hepworth in the Stable Gallery

Barbara Hepworth
Bird Form, 1963
Bronze
36 x 26 x 27 cm
1ft 2 x 10 x 11 in.
Edition 7 of 9

Barbara Hepworth
Solitary Stone, 1973
Silver
8.3 x 12.7 x 11.5 cm
3 ¼ x 5 x 4 ½ in.
Edition of 2

Barbara Hepworth
Maquette, Theme and Variations, 1970
Polished bronze
29 x 64 x 15 cm
11 ½ x 2ft 1 ¼ x 6 in.
Ed. 1 of 3 + 1 AP