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Barbara Hepworth
1903-1975

Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Barbara Hepworth, Atlantic Form (Blue)
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Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975

Atlantic Form (Blue)
signed and dated 1963
also signed, dated and titled verso
oil & pencil on gesso prepared board
63.5 x 46 cms (25 x 18 ins)
framed: 82 x 64 cms (32½ x 25 ins)
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Barbara Hepworth, Stone Form (Tresco)
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Barbara Hepworth, Stone Form (Tresco)
Many of Hepworth’s ‘drawings’ from 1960 onwards were highly individual, stand-alone works and not, as often believed, studies for sculptures. Painted from Hepworth’s Barnaloft Studio, overlooking Porthmeor Beach and the...
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Many of Hepworth’s ‘drawings’ from 1960 onwards were highly individual, stand-alone works and not, as often believed, studies for sculptures. Painted from Hepworth’s Barnaloft Studio, overlooking Porthmeor Beach and the Atlantic Ocean, these works employed iconic, geometrically abstracted string forms to reference the interaction between blue skies and sandy beaches.
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Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London, 1963, where purchased by Thomas S Stallabrass
Private Collection, circa 1963-2002
Private Collection, Cornwall, 2002-2020

Publications

Alan Bowness, Barbara Hepworth, Drawings from a Sculptor's Landscape, Cory, Adams & Mackay (1966), cat no 59, illustrated
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