Meditation
Artist
Dame Barbara Hepworth
(Wakefield, England, 1903 - 1975)
Date1972
MediumIrish Green marble
ClassificationsSculptures
Dimensions30.5 x 38 x 26.5cm
Base: 3.9 x 53.1 x 46cm
Plinth Size: 72.5 x 74 x 63cm
Base: 3.9 x 53.1 x 46cm
Plinth Size: 72.5 x 74 x 63cm
AcquisitionAccepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Art Fund who presented it to Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums following a generous contribution, 2011.
Copyright© Bowness, Hepworth Estate (2003)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 17
Object numberABDAG017629
About MeIn 1931 Barbara Hepworth met Ben Nicholson who became her second husband. In 1932 she went to France with Nicholson and met Georges Braque, Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian and other European avant garde artists. From the early 1930s Hepworth's work was characterised by a purity of shape and refined simplicity of line, where figurative references were replaced by purely abstract forms.
More About Me
Have you tried meditation? It's great for relieving stress! Just focus on your breathing while you take some time to ponder the shape and colours of this sculpture.
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