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- Estimate
- £2,000,000–£3,000,000 hammer ≈ $2,722,411–$4,083,617
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction, London · 24 June 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5305171
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Barbara Hepworth, Vertical Forms. Sotheby's, 24 Jun 2025, lot 4. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5305171.
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Barbara Hepworth, Vertical Forms. Sotheby's, 24 Jun 2025, lot 4. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5305171.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction · Jun 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porträtstudie (Mädchenkopf) - Hilde Ziegler (Portrait Study (Head of … | Egon Schiele | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Liam & Noel | Elizabeth Peyton | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 | |
| Jeune fille dans les champs | Pierre-auguste Renoir | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| The Cheval Glass | Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. | £250,000–£450,000 | |
| Wipers | Charles Jagger | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Noire et blanche | Man Ray | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Hepworth | Elegy | $3,133,412 | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | |
| Barbara Hepworth | Single Form | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Three Obliques (Walk in) | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Static Forms | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Two Forms in Echelon | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Makutu | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | Sculpture with Colour (Eos) | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Barbara Hepworth | garden sculpture (model for meridian) | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.