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Barbara Hepworth dawn sculpture could fetch £8m at auction

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A woman with brown hair wearing an apron labelled Christie's is wearing white gloves and handling the pale creamy brown sculpture which has a blue painted hollow centre. It is based on an ovoid shape and is balanced delicately on its narrowest point.

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Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture Sculpture with Colour (Eos) expected to fetch up to £8m at auction

Overview

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.

Key points

  • 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.
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