Stringed Figure (Curlew) (Maquette)
Artist
Barbara Hepworth
British, 1903–1975
Date1956
MediumBrass and cotton string with wooden base
DimensionsH. (w/o base) 9 1/8 x W. 7 x L. 13 in. (23.2 x 17.8 x 33 cm)
Base: 1 x 9 x 7 3/8 in. (2.5 x 22.9 x 18.7 cm)
Base: 1 x 9 x 7 3/8 in. (2.5 x 22.9 x 18.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.27
On View
Not on viewJ. P. Hodin, Barbara Hepworth (Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1961), listed in Alan Bowness, “Catalogue of Sculptures,” no. 224 [as Stringed Figure (Curlew)].
The Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 275.
Charles W. Stanford,Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 15, illus. (b-w).
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 79, illus. (b-w) 60.
Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 136, illus. (b-w) 137.
North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 93.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 172, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October 1970, 136, illus. (b-w) 137.
"Women," Salem Fine Art Center and NCMA, February 27-April 20, 1972, cat. no. 61.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The Legacy of W. R. Valentiner," January 25-March 29, 1998.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–October 30, 2023.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "“a little offbeat, a little dreamy, and mysterious,” November 15, 2023-present.
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