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This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Barbara Hepworth” in the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 60, at the lower left corner.
It was printed by Stanley Jones of Curwen Studio, London and published Curwen Press, London.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower left corner.
Argos is one of twelve lithographs created for the portfolio, ‘Twelve Lithographs’, published in 1969.
The other compositions were Autumn Shadow, Genesis, Mycenae, Mykonos, Oblique Forms, Pastorale, Porthmeor, Sea Forms, Squares and Circles, Sun and Moon and Three Forms.

Note: Another impression of this subject can be found in the collection of the Tate, London

Condition: Very good condition. Remnants of tape along the sheet edges, verso.

Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth was an English modernist sculptor who achieved international fame for her distinctive artworks. Born in Wakefield in 1903, she attended the Leeds School of Art from 1920. There she met the sculptor Henry Moore and formed a lifelong artistic friendship. In 1921 she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal College of Art. During an extended stay in Florence in the early 1920s, Hepworth learned the art of carving marble under the supervision of Giovanni Ardini.