Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975, British, Two Figures, 1951
- Title:
- Two Figures
- Date:
- 1951
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil and pencil on panel
- Dimensions:
- Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed verso center, in the artist's hand: "Two figures (brown)/Oil and pencil/198 x 157 1951"
Signed, verso center, in the artist's hand: "Barbara Hepworth"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford
- Copyright Status:
- © Bowness
- Accession Number:
- B2014.24
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- figure study | figures (representations) | women
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:67275
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Though best known as an abstract sculptor, Barbara Hepworth made representational figure studies throughout her career, especially in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In many of these drawings the same figure was repeated, either from another angle or with an increasing level of abstraction, as if capturing her thought processes on the page. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Though best known as an abstract sculptor, Barbara Hepworth made representational figure studies throughout her career, especially in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In many of these drawings the same figure was repeated, either from another angle or with an increasing level of abstraction, as if capturing her thought processes on the page. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016
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