British, 1903–1975
Barbara Hepworth
412results on record
91%sell-through
$106,250median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$11,565,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 412 recorded results (398 sold · 14 passed) across 10 auction houses, 1998–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 81 | 96% | $2,595 |
| sculpture | 77 | 81% | $233,000 |
| ceramics & design | 7 | 100% | $64,636 |
| painting | 6 | n/a | $33,396 |
| works on paper | 4 | 0% | $90,650 |
| other | 3 | 100% | $40,000 |
Medium is recorded for 178 of 412 results (43%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Henry Moore Barbara Hepworth Henry Moore
| Metric | Barbara Hepworth | Henry Moore |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $106,250 | $15,000 |
| Record price | $11,565,000 | $35,201,404 |
| Results on record | 412 | 3,915 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Henry MoorePablo PicassoJoan MiróMarc Chagall
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
86/ 100
- Sell-through91%
- Meets estimate72%
- Market depth412 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 217 | 93% | $157,037 | 1.20× |
| Christie's | 128 | 85% | $51,560 | — |
| Bonhams | 23 | 87% | $3,627 | 1.07× |
| Phillips | 19 | 100% | $4,215 | — |
| Rago | 9 | 100% | $6,250 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 4 | — | $1,125 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 5 | 80% | $1,172 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 3 | 100% | $4,500 | 2.17× |
| Wright | 4 | 50% | $135,190 | — |
| Kruso Art | 1 | 100% | $4,133 | 0.93× |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 414 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 14 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026·09 | Mycenae, from Twelve Lithographs | $2,697–$4,045 | upcoming | Phillips | ||
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| 2026·05 | Two Slates (August) | $300,000–$500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Maquette, Three Forms in Echelon | $120,000–$180,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Group II (People Waiting) | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Three Oblique Forms (February) | polished bronze | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·04 | Untitled (Two Forms) | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·03 | Three Obliques (Walk in) | $4,683,688–$6,021,884 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·03 | Interlocking Forms | $19,971–$26,628 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Three Forms (Extra Eye) | $70,000–$90,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·01 | Squares and Circles, from Twelve Lithographs | $1,342–$2,013 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Winter Solstice, from Opposing Forms | $2,013–$2,684 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Textile | $10,553–$15,830 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Three Curves with Strings (Gold Mincarlo) | $262,881–$394,322 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Landscape Sculpture (Mayne Amber) | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Two Forms (Orkney) | $250,000–$350,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Godrevy | white alabaster | $600,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Two Forms in Echelon | bronze with green patina | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | The Family of Man (Figure 5, Parent II) | bronze with dark brown and green patina and polished bronze | $5,000,000–$7,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Three Forms Ascending, from Europäische Graphik VI | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·09 | Two Forms (January 1967) | polished bronze, on a bronze base | $192,779–$321,298 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·09 | Winter Solstice | $1,362–$2,042 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·09 | Moonplay | $2,031–$2,708 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | Miniature of Winged Figure | $95,917–$137,024 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·06 | Drawing for Sculpture with Colour | $54,810–$82,214 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·06 | Vertical Forms | $2,722,411–$4,083,617 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·06 | Landscape Sculpture, Ascher scarf design | $1,500–$2,400 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·05 | Four Figures Waiting | polished bronze | $400,000–$600,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Vertical form (St Ives) | $250,000–$350,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·01 | Landscape Sculpture, Ascher scarf design | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·01 | Delos, from the Aegean Suite | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Rhythmic Forms | $60,000–$80,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Moonplay, 1972 | $646–$862 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | November Green, from Opposing Forms | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled (from the Twelve Lithographs portfolio) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Reclining Figure II | $1,570,146–$2,355,219 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Opposing Forms | $19,205–$32,008 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Vertical Form | $76,819–$102,425 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Hollow Oval | $255,383–$383,074 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Curved Form (Bryher) | $638,457–$1,021,531 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Sea Form (Atlantic) | $3,830,740–$6,384,567 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Bird Flight | $229,844–$319,228 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·01 | Olympus, from The Aegean Suite | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | Forms in Echelon on an Orange Ground | $87,815–$125,449 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Two Forms (Gemini) | $125,449–$188,174 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Disc with Strings (Sun) | polished bronze, string and slate base | $120,000–$180,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | The Family of Man: Ancestor II | bronze with dark brown and green patina | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | Static Forms | white marble on wooden base | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·08 | Squares and Circles | $1,000–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·06 | Two Reclining Forms for Stone | $126,568–$189,852 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·06 | Elegy III | $5,094,081–$7,641,121 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·06 | Assembly of Square Forms, from Opposing Forms (M. 49, S.A.C. 43) | $1,247–$1,870 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | Forms in a Flurry, from Opposing Forms (M. 54, S.A.C. 39) | $1,870–$2,493 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | December Forms, from Opposing Forms (M. 56, S.A.C. 38) | $1,870–$2,493 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | Three Forms, from Opposing Forms (M. 47, S.A.C. 40) | $1,247–$1,870 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | Two Ancestral Figures, from Opposing Forms (M. 53, S.A.C. 42) | $1,870–$2,493 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·06 | Winter Solstice (from the Opposing Forms series) | $2,500–$3,500 | Rago | |||
| 2023·05 | Autumn Shadow | Lithograph in colors with embossing on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Poised Form with Circle | $500,000–$700,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Two Small Forms | white alabaster | $500,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·04 | Mykonos (from Twelve Lithographs ), 1969 | color lithograph | $1,000–$2,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·04 | The Aegean Suite | $18,000–$25,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2023·03 | Three Forms Assembling | $3,000–$4,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·11 | Maquette for Large Sculpture: Four-square (Four circles) | $239,090–$358,636 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·11 | Curved Form (Bryher) | $597,726–$956,362 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·11 | Single Form | Carved in 1963-1968; unique | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·11 | Three Forms (Winter Rocks) | $300,000–$500,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·11 | Squares (June) | $100,000–$150,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·11 | Reclining Figure (Trenona) | $90,000–$120,000 | Rago | |||
| 2022·10 | Autumn Shadow | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2022·09 | Sea Forms, from Twelve Lithographs | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·06 | Four Figures Waiting | $423,613–$544,646 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·06 | Elegy | $2,067,857–$3,040,966 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·06 | Makutu | $851,471–$1,216,387 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·06 | Hollow Form with White Interior | Nigerian guarea wood with white paint | $4,892,183–$7,338,274 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·06 | Desert Forms, from The Aegean Suite | Lithograph in colors with embossment on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Sun Setting, from the Aegean Suite Series | $2,000–$4,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·01 | Rangatira II, from Opposing Forms | $1,364–$2,046 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·12 | The Aegean Suite | $10,690–$16,035 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·11 | Three Oblique Forms (February) | polished bronze | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Two Ancestral Figures (from the Opposing Forms series) | $1,800–$2,400 | Rago | |||
| 2021·10 | Rangatira II (from the Opposing Forms series) | $1,800–$2,400 | Rago | |||
| 2021·10 | November Green (from the Opposing Forms series) | $1,800–$2,400 | Rago | |||
| 2021·09 | Three Forms 58 x 71.7 cm. (22 7/8 x 28 1/4 in.) | $4,045–$6,741 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | December Forms, from Opposing Forms | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | Three Forms Assembling | $3,464–$4,850 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | (10/01/1903 - 20/05/1975) | $2,362–$4,724 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2021·06 | Maquette, Three Forms in Echelon | $200,000–$300,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·05 | Figure (Imprint) | $155,898–$226,760 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Vertical Form (St Ives) | $250,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Parent II | bronze with dark brown and green patina and polished bronze | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Helius | $100,000–$150,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·03 | Delos, from Aegean Suite | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·12 | Desert Forms, from The Aegean Suite | Lithograph in colors with embossing on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·12 | Three Oblique Forms (February) | polished bronze | $70,000–$100,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·12 | Five Forms with Three Circles | white marble | $400,000–$600,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·11 | Two Forms | $53,054–$79,580 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Four Hemispheres | $33,158–$46,422 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Single Form (Sun and Moon) | $66,317–$106,107 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Small Form (November) | $397,901–$663,169 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Reclining Solitary Form (Amulet) | $39,790–$66,317 | Sotheby's | |||
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