Dame Barbara HepworthShaft and Circle 1973

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Artist
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903‑1975)
Title
Shaft and Circle
Date 1973
MediumBronze
Dimensionsobject: 1220 x 470 x 305 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2005, accessioned 2006
Reference
T12282
Not on display

Catalogue entry

Shaft and Circle 1972; cast 1973

L00941
BH 572; cast 0/9

Bronze 1143 x 290 x 150 (45 x 11 3/8 x 5 7/8) on integral bronze base 74 x 470 x 305 (3 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 12)

Cast inscription on top of base 'Barbara Hepworth' and stamped '0/9' back right, stamped on back of base 'Morris | Singer | FOUNDERS | LONDON' t.l.

On loan from the artist's estate to the Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives

Exhibited (ý = unidentified cast, ü = other cast):
Spring Exhibition, 1974, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, April-June 1974 (sculpture 1ý)
Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975, Marlborough Galerie, Zurich, Aug.-Oct. 1975 (23ý, repr. p.48)
Barbara Hepworth: Carvings and Bronzes, Marlborough Gallery and Marlborough Gallery, New York, May-June 1979 (58ý, repr. p… (read more)

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