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Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture Sculpture with Colour (Eos) expected to fetch up to £8m at auction
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A pivotal 1946 masterwork by Dame Barbara Hepworth titled Sculpture with Colour (Eos), inspired by the Cornish landscape and named after the Greek goddess of dawn, is expected to sell for between £5m and £8m at a Christie's modern British and Irish art sale on 21 October.
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- Dame Barbara Hepworth's 1946 sculpture Sculpture with Colour (Eos) is estimated to fetch between £5m and £8m at auction.
- The piece is the highlight of a modern British and Irish art sale at Christie's on 21 October.
- The artwork was inspired by the Cornish landscape, light, sea, and cliffs following Hepworth's move to St Ives in 1939.
- Christie's currently holds the world auction record for a Hepworth piece at £10.7 million, set in 2023.