Sea Form (Porthmeor)
Date
(1958)
Artist
Barbara Hepworth, British, b. Wakefield, England, 1903–1975
Provenance
Galerie Chalette, NY, by October 1959 - 3 November 1959
JHH, NY, 3 November 1959 - 17 May 1966
Gift of JHH, 1966
Exhibition History
Galerie Chalette, NY. "Hepworth," October - November 1959, no. 26, ill.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962 - 6 January 1963, no. 207, ill. p. 153 (as unique).
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. "Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection, 4 October 1974 - 5 January 1975, ill. p. 5.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Barbara Hepworth from the Museum Collection," 23 April - 19 July 1981 (no catalog).
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," 11 December 1990 - 21 April 1991, ill (brochure).
Published References
Sawin, Martica. 'New York Letter," Art International III/9 (1959), p. 8, ill. p. 9.
Hodin, J.P. Barbara Hepworth (New York: David McKay, 1961) no. 249, ills.
Unsigned. New York Times (October 3, 1962), p. 38, ill.
Shepherd, Michael. Barbara Hepworth (London: Methuen, 1963), no. 13, ill.
Hammacher, A.M. Modern English Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1966), no. 86.
Arnason, H. Harvard. History of Modern Art (New York: Abrams, 1968) p. 520, fig. 905, ill. p. 520.
Tate Gallery. Barbara Hepworth (London: Arno, 1968), p. 57. no. 93.
Gibson, Eric. "Hirshhorn Asks Right Questions." The Washington Times (December 13, 1990). p. E-3.
Welzenbach, Michael. "How to be an Art Critic." The Washington Post (January 13, 1991), ill.
Wheeler, Daniel. Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present (New York: Vendome Press, 1991), p. 109, ill.
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School
British Modernist Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2445
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
30 1/2 x 44 1/8 x 12 3/4 in., 238 lb. (77.5 x 112.1 x 32.4 cm, 108 kg)
