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Letters from Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner

Dame Barbara Hepworth, recipient: Margaret Gardiner

Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner

[September 1946]

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Created by: Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
Recipient: Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005
Title: Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
Date: [September 1946]
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Description: This letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns general news. Hepworth asks Gardiner if she could rent the empty room in her house as she feels she needs a base in London, she also gives news about the children and her health, saying that she's been unwell due to Bronchitis. She asks news about Adrian [Stokes] and writes about all the visitors she had in their house.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference: TGA 202016/33

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Letters from Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016 (80)
- Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016/33