Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975
Stringed Figure (Curlew) Version 1, 1956
Brass and cotton string on wooden base
length 22 inches
edition of 8

Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London
Private Collection, USA

Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Works by Barbara Hepworth, London, June 1958, cat no.4
New York, Galerie Chalette, Barbara Hepworth, October-November 1959, cat no.18 illus b/w
Saint-Étienne, Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Sculpteurs de Daumier ŕ Nos Jours, 1960, cat no.139

Literature
J.P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth, London, 1961, pp.22, 169, cat no.225 illus b/w
Matthew Gale & Chris Stephens, Barbara Hepworth Works in the Tate Gallery Collection and the Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Tate Gallery Publishing, 1998, pp164-5
Penelope Curtis, Barbara Hepworth, Tate Publishing, 1998, p39