# Barbara Hepworth - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T19:04:12.083Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 329
- Lots with prices: 279
- First auction date: 2001-05-09
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-02
- Median realised price: $3,400
- Price range: $95 to $11,565,000

## Market Takeaway
Barbara Hepworth shows deep auction liquidity with 331 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-02.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,400\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,875 and $134,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 8.2% (23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 50.2% (141 sales)
- $10,000\+: 41.6% (117 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $70,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,800
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-02
- Days since latest sale: 78
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 125 lots
- Sotheby's: 38 lots
- Bonhams: 32 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 24 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 12 lots
- Venduehuis der Notarissen: 6 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Wright: 4 lots
- Abell Auction: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-25 | Barbara Hepworth \(British, 1903\-1975\) 'Involute' Patinated Bronze Sculpture | Leonard Auction | $70,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-hepworth-british-1903-1975-involute-patinated-bronze-sculpture-119-c-4624273bea
2. 2023-09-14 | Barbara Hepworth \(British, 1903\-1975\) | Caza Sikes | $40,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-hepworth-british-1903-1975-18-c-9e04523a95
3. 2021-05-13 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\) Helius 9 1/2 in \(24 cm\) \(height\) \(Conceived in 1956, this bronze version cast in an edition of 7\) | Bonhams | $95,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-hepworth-1903-1975-helius-9-1-2-in-24-cm-height-conceived-in-1956-this-bronze-version-cast-in-an-edition-of-7-3-c-ce84e83a90
4. 2021-05-11 | Barbara Hepworth \(British, 1903\-1975\) Torso II \(Torcello\) | Freeman's \| Hindman | $510,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-hepworth-british-1903-1975-torso-ii-torcello-23-c-60c41debe6
5. 2025-12-02 | Barbara Hepworth, 1903\-1975 | Abell Auction | $3,500
6. 2025-12-02 | Barbara Hepworth, 1903\-1975 | Abell Auction | $3,250
7. 2025-11-26 | Barbara Hepworth "Argos" 1969 colour lithograph 82x59 cm Signed and numbered 54/60 in pencil at the bottom From the series Twelve Lithographs Dry stamp of the publisher Curwen Press, London Provenance Private collection, Rimini... | Il Ponte Auction House | €1,900
8. 2025-11-19 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). Two Opposing Forms, from Opposing Forms. Shee | Christie's | $3,810
9. 2025-11-18 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). Godrevy. white alabasterHeight \(without base\) | Christie's | N/A
10. 2025-11-17 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). The Family of Man \(Figure 5, Parent II\). bron | Christie's | $4,955,000
11. 2025-11-17 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). Two Forms in Echelon. bronze with green patin | Christie's | $3,125,000
12. 2025-10-07 | Barbara Hepworth \(1903\-1975\); Three Forms Ascending, from Europäische Graphik VI; | Bonhams | N/A
13. 2025-09-27 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). Two Forms \(January 1967\). polished bronze, on | Christie's | HK$4,445,000
14. 2025-07-09 | Barbara Hepworth \(1903\-1975\) Porthmeor, from Twelve Lithographs | Forum Auctions \- UK | £4,000
15. 2025-06-26 | Drawing for Sculpture with Colour | Sotheby's | N/A
16. 2025-05-13 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\). Four Figures Waiting. polished bronzeHeight: | Christie's | $453,600
17. 2025-05-12 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\) The Family of Man: Figure 2, Ancestor II bronz | Christie's | $9,610,000
18. 2024-11-21 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\) Rhythmic Forms 20 3/16 x 8 7/16 in \(51.2 x 21.5 cm\) \(Painted in May 1957\) | Bonhams | N/A
19. 2024-10-24 | Barbara Hepworth \(1903\-1975\) Orchid, from Opposing Forms | Forum Auctions \- UK | £1,800
20. 2024-10-09 | BARBARA HEPWORTH \(1903\-1975\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €1,800
21. 2024-08-14 | Barbara Hepworth, December Forms | Wright | $1,900
22. 2024-07-03 | Barbara Hepworth \(1903 \- 1975\), Pastorale, 1968 | Sloane Street Auctions | £1,600
23. 2024-06-21 | BARBARA HEPWORTH | Koller Auctions | CHF 135,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-barbara-hepworth-3292-c-ea8400bb5b
24. 2024-06-07 | Barbara Hepworth style marble sculpture. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | N/A

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