Barbara Hepworth: career timeline
British · 1903–1975 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 68 of 110 lots (61% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $49kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 4 | 3 | $62.6kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1950s | 7 | 7 | $29.2kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1960s | 33 | 31 | $3.3kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 22 | 21 | $4.2kSign up | Screenprint |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $49kSign up
- Average
- $49kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 12 in (24 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1935 Untitled (Two Forms)$49kSign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $62.6kSign up
- Average
- $237kSign up
- Typical size
- 35 × 34 in (89 × 86 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2), Sculpture (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
1940 Stringed form$62.6kSign up
1947 Landscape Sculpture, Ascher scarf design$1.3kSign up
1947 Landscape Sculpture 1947Unsold · sold 2×
1948 FIGURE AND MIRROR, 1948$647kSign up
1950s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $29.2kSign up
- Average
- $146kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 16.5 in (33 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2), Sculpture (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (1)
c. 1955 TABLE MAT, c.1955-60$1.2kSign up
c. 1955 TABLE MAT, c.1955-60$1.1kSign up
c. 1955 Abstract, circa 1955$2.6kSign up
1956 Stringed Figure (Curlew) (Version I)$766kSign up
1957 Interlocking Forms$29.2kSign up
1958 Reclining Figure (Trenona)$175kSign up
1959 Pierced Round Form$44.6kSign up
1960s 33 works
- Sold
- 31 of 33
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $99kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 19 in (63 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (18), Sculpture (7), Screenprint (6)
- Subjects
- Abstract (4), Sunsets & night (3), Figures & portraits (2)
1961 Maquette, Three Forms in Echelon$202kSign up
1963 Square Forms (Two Sequences)$333kSign up
1965 Three Forms (Winter Rocks)$416kSign up
1966 Four-Square (Four Circles)$269kSign up
1967 Two Forms (Orkney)$535kSign up
1968 Vertical form (St Ives)$457kSign up
1968 Four Figures Waiting$486kSign up
c. 1968 Auktion 414, Los 453$3.3kSign up
1968 Three Forms Assembling , from Europäische Graphik VI$3.9kSign up
c. 1968 Auktion 404, Los 656$2.6kSign up
1968 Composition$2.3kSign up
1968 Composition$1.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1968 Composition$1.8kSign up
1968 Composition$926Sign up
1969 Mycenae, from Twelve Lithographs$3.5kSign up
1969 Porthmeor$4.2kSign up
1969 Three Forms (Extra Eye)$152kSign up
1969 Squares and Circles, from Twelve Lithographs$2.1kSign up
1969 Three Forms Ascending, from Europäische Graphik VIUnsold
1969 Untitled (from the Twelve Lithographs portfolio)$2.5kSign up
1969 SUN AND MOON (FROM 'TWELVE LITHOGRAPHS'), 1969$2.8kSign up
1969 Assembly of Square Forms, from Opposing Forms (M. 49, S.A.C. 43)$2.4kSign up
1969 Forms in a Flurry, from Opposing Forms (M. 54, S.A.C. 39)$2.4kSign up
1969 Three Forms, from Opposing Forms (M. 47, S.A.C. 40)$3kSign up
…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 22 works
- Sold
- 21 of 22
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $11.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 21.5 in (68 × 54 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (11), Lithograph (9), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)
1970 Winter Solstice, from Opposing Forms$6.6kSign up
1970 December Forms$2.4kSign up
1970 Winter Solstice (from the Opposing Forms series)$3.5kSign up
c. 1970 Sun Setting, from the Aegean Suite Series$4kSign up
1970 Rangatira II, from Opposing Forms$5.2kSign up
1970 Rangatira II (from the Opposing Forms series)$7.5kSign up
1970 November Green (from the Opposing Forms series)$5.3kSign up
1970 Two Ancestral Figures (from the Opposing Forms series)$6.3kSign up
1970 High Tide from Opposing Form$7.2kSign up
1970 ORCHID, FROM OPPOSING FORMS$2.4kSign up
1970 ORCHID, FROM OPPOSING FORMS$5.2kSign up
1970 Itea, form the Aegean SuiteUnsold
Show 10 more (1970s)
1971 Fragment', from the Aegean Suite$3.4kSign up
1971 Itea$3.2kSign up
1971 Winter Solstice$4.2kSign up
1971 SUN AND WATER (FROM THE AEGEAN SUITE), 1971$4.4kSign up
1971 Sun Setting, 1971$6.5kSign up
1971 Oval with Two Forms$149kSign up
1972 Moonplay$3.1kSign up
1972 Moonplay$2.8kSign up
1972 Moon Play$3.2kSign up
1973 GLEAMING STONE$1.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
42 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $7.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 15 in (47 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Screenprint (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2003 Komposition$864Sign up
sold 2008 November Green$2.9kSign up
sold 2008 Forms in a flurry$1.5kSign up
sold 2008 Fragment$2.3kSign up
sold 2008 UntitledUnsold
sold 2009 Hand II$30.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $23.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 31 × 22 in (79 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (9), Sculpture (2), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (3)
sold 2013 FormeResult not published
sold 2013 Untitled$126kSign up
sold 2014 Untitled$3.6kSign up
sold 2014 Cool Moon$1.6kSign up
sold 2015 Liten skulptur av Firkanter med To Sirkler$133kSign up
sold 2015 November Green from Opposing Forms$2.4kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2015 Cool Moon from the Aegean Suite$2.7kSign up
sold 2015 Rangatira I from Opposing Forms$2.9kSign up
sold 2017 Three forms assembling$2.6kSign up
sold 2018 Three forms assembling$3.8kSign up
sold 2018 Three forms assembling$3kSign up
sold 2018 Three forms assembling$2.5kSign up
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works
- Sold
- 22 of 23
- Median
- $3.5kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 31 × 22.5 in (78 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (19), Screenprint (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2022 Nov Green$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 Oblique Forms$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 Genesis ( from Twelve Lithographs Series)$3.4kSign up
sold 2023 Porthmeor (from Twelve Lithographs Series)$3kSign up
sold 2023 Rangatira I from Opposing Forms$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$4.7kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Barbara Hepworth auction results →