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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $66,616–$99,925
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century British Art, London · 11 November 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3890736
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Barbara Hepworth, Idol. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2009, lot 174. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3890736.
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Barbara Hepworth, Idol. Sotheby's, 11 Nov 2009, lot 174. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3890736.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Nov 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace II | Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A. | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Christchurch | Leon Kossoff | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Landscape with Cottage | Bryan Wynter | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Composition | Peter Lanyon | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Meadows | Sir William Nicholson | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| John Donne arriving in heaven | Sir Stanley Spencer R.a. | £12,000–£18,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Hepworth | Vertical Form | $99,864 | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | |
| Barbara Hepworth | Forms in Echelon on an Orange Ground | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Three Oblique Forms (February) | Christie's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Landscape Sculpture (Mayne Amber) | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | barbara hepworth | trophy (flight) | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Two Forms | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Three Forms (Extra Eye) | Rago, Jan 2026 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Maquette (Variation on a Theme) , 1958 | Freeman's | Hindman, Oct 2020 |
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