Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), Young Girl

Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Young Girl
West African mahogany
Height: 62 5/8 in. (158.6 cm.)
Carved and painted in 1951-1952; unique

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Provenance
Cyril S. Reddihough, Ilkley, Yorkshire (acquired from the artist, 1953).
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1976).
Herbert A. Fogel, Philadelphia (acquired from the above, April 1976).
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 1993, lot 354.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Private American Collection

Literature
"Review of Lefevre Gallery Exhibition" in Evening News: Night Special Edition, 2 October 1952.
"Sculpture Exhibition: Miss Barbara Hepworth’s New Works" in The Times, 7 October 1952.
M.H. Middleton, "Art" in The Spectator, 10 October 1952.
Q. Bell, "Round the London Galleries" in The Listener, 16 October 1952, p. 644 (illustrated).
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1961, p. 167, no. 176 (illustrated).
A.M. Hammacher, The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth, New York, 1968, p. 115.
"Dame Barbara's Staggering Birthday 'Family' Sculpture" in Bradford Telegraph, 18 April 1972.
J.P. Hodin, John Milne: Sculptor, Life and Work, London, 1977, p. 80.
A.M. Hammacher, Barbara Hepworth: Revised Edition, New York, 1998, p. 115.
S. Festing, Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms, New York, 1995, p. 204.
C. Lampert, et al., The Whitechapel Art Gallery Centenary Review: 1901-2001, Manchester, 2001, p. 46 (illustrated in color in situ in the 1954 Whitechapel exhibition).
S. Bowness, ed., Barbara Hepworth: Writings and Conversations, London, 2015, p. 95 (illustrated in color in situ in the 1954 Whitechapel exhibition, fig. 22).

Exhibited
(probably) St. Ives, Penwith Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 1952, no. 118 (titled Girl).
London, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), New Sculpture and Drawings by Barbara Hepworth, October 1952, no. 5 (illustrated).
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927 to 1954, April-June 1954, p. 28, no. 149.
Eccles, Monk's Hall Museum, A Tribute to L.S. Lowry, October 1964, p. 27, no. 9 (illustrated).