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‘Extremely rare’ Barbara Hepworth sculpture to go on public display after successful £3.8m fundraiser

A rare sculpture by Yorkshire-born artist Barbara Hepworth will be placed on permanent display for the first time ever after £3.8m was raised to save it. The 1943 artwork, titled Sculpture with Colour ...
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Barbara Hepworth’s Previously Unseen Stringed Sculptures Make Their U.K. Debut

Strings first showed up in Barbara Hepworth’s (1903–1975) practice in 1939—and remained threaded throughout her practice. To the British sculptor, they served her perceptual aims, allowing dramatic ...
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U.K. Raises $5 Million to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture

The U.K. has successfully raised £3.8 million ($5.1 million) to save Barbara Hepworth’s (1903–1975) Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red for the nation. Created by one of Britain’s most ...
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Barbara Hepworth : sculpture for a modern world / edited by Penelope Curtis and Chris Stephens

Introduction / Penelope Curtis and Chris Stephens -- Crafting modernism: Hepworth's practice in the 1920s / Ann Compton -- Reflections on a relationship: Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, the early ...
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Barbara Hepworth : the sculptor in the studio / Sophie Bowness

HMSG copy purchased from the Arts Libraries Endowment. Barbara Hepworth: The Sculptor in the Studio' is the first study devoted to Hepworth's St Ives studio in which the centrality of Trewyn Studio ...
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Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth Barbara Hepworth, born in Wakefield, England in 1903, was a leading figure in modernist sculpture. She studied at the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.