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may 29, 2018 - Sotheby

Modern & Post-War British Art Sotheby's London

Dame #barbarahepworth, Spiral, white alabaster, 1959 (est. £1,200,000-1,800,000)

‘The strokes of the hammer on the chisel should be in time with your heartbeat. You breathe easily.

The whole of your body is involved.’ #barbarahepworth was one of the most forward-thinking artists of her generation – achieving an international reputation that no other female British artist had matched. This lustrous, translucent sculpture, celebrating the primordial, struck a personal chord with the artist who cherished the piece in her studio long after its initial conception.

Throughout Hepworth’s sculptural journey, direct carving in stone was the method and material that best allowed her to achieve her artistic aims. The importance of the artist’s hand remained central to Hepworth’s approach, as she forbade the use of any mechanical tools in her studios preferring the labour-intensive but age- old chisel and hammer.

This echoed her idea of allowing the nature of the chosen material to dictate the final form of the work.

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