Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975, British
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"
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 | women | figures (representations)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Gallery Label:
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:67275