Lot 492 , Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), 'Girl (Pillar) 1949', oil and pencil on board, 68 x 22cm

§ Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) 'Girl (Pillar) 1949'
oil and pencil on board
signed and dated October 1949 and inscribed 'Standing girl',
68 x 22cm
£50,000-80,000
Provenance: Lefevre Gallery, 1950 purchased by Col Beddington
Coll: Col J.E.Beddington.
Exhibited; Hepworth's Whitechapel Exhibition in 1954
Purchased by our vendor's mother circa 1979.

See Lyon & Turnbull, Lot 28, October 28, 2021 & Christie's, Lot 167, May 14, 2019 for related works.

Condition:
Oil and pencil on board in good untouched condition, old original flaws showing in the board but does not seem to have suffered any damage since its conception, no issues noted under UV, laid onto cloth covered board backing and housed in a later glazed silvered wood frame (done by Evergreen Gallery of Northants for the vendor's mother), recorded on the reverse of the panel 'Cat 29 Coll Colonel J E Beddington 138', Le Lefevre Gallery, Bond Street, London. Comes for sale from a deceased estate.

Sold for £98,000