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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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  • 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) TGA 20159 (23)
    • Design of the construction of the back of the petals TGA 20159/16
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