Barbara HEPWORTH Winter Solstice  (1971)

Original screenprint in colours on wove paper. Signed Barbara Hepworth in pencil lower right and numbered from the limited edition of 150

In very good condition with strong, bright colours. Small but perfectly formed, this is a beautiful and immediately recognisable signed print by this hugely popular modern British sculptor and printmaker, with few past auction results. It was originally bound into the Alan Bowness limited edition catalogue raisonne The Complete Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69, published by Lund Humphries in 1971

The winter solstice – the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The earth – tilted away from the sun –  receives the least amount of sunlight on this day