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Twenty-three designs, notes and swatches for Sir Michael Tippett’s opera, ‘The Midsummer Marriage’, and two drawings for Sophocles’ ‘Electra’ at the Old Vic, 1950, by the artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Design of the construction of the back of the petals

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Design of the construction of the back of the petals

1954–5

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Created by: Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
Title: Design of the construction of the back of the petals
Date: 1954–5
Medium: Mixed media including graphite and crayon on paper
Dimensions: 202 × 254 mm
Description: Contains sketches with the design of the construction on the back of the petals 'EFGH', and notes about their materials such as wire. One of the petals has been cut out from a thicker paper and has been glued to this page. Signed 'B.H.' at the bottom.
Format: Artwork - on paper, unique
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by the Estate of Barbara Hepworth 2015
Reference: TGA 20159/16

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