Dame Barbara HepworthPoised Form 1951-2, reworked 1957

Dame Barbara Hepworth1903-1975

T03134 Poised Form 1951-2, reworked 1957

BH 172

Blue limestone 1170 x 455 x 380 (46 x 17 7/8 x 15) set in a white painted concrete base 170 x 520 x 725 (52 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 28 9/16)

Presented by the executors of the artist's estate, in accordance with her wishes, 1980

Exhibited:
New Sculpture and Drawings by Barbara Hepworth, Lefevre Gallery, Oct. 1952 (2, as Form in Tension)
2a Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura all'Aperto, Villa Mirabello, Varese, Aug.-Sept. 1953 (64, repr., as Form in Tension)
Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Carvings and Drawings from 1927-1954, Whitechapel Art Gallery, April-June 1954 (146, as Form in Tension)

Literature:
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