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- Dag Hammarskjöld
- Recipient
- Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
- Title
- Letter sent by Dag Hammarskjöld to Barbara Hepworth regarding one of her works
- Date
- 25 December 1956
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Description
- Includes a letter sent by Dag Hammarskjöld to Barbara Hepworth thanking her for lending him a piece for his office in the UN building in New York, he says that she would approve of the settings 'on the walls you find a very good Picasso, a good Gris, a Braque and a Leger.'
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Barbara Hepworth Estate, January 2013.
- Reference
- TGA 20132/2/1/5/1
Archive context
- The remaining personal papers of Barbara Hepworth TGA 20132 (43)
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- Professional Correspondence TGA 20132/2 (43)
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- Correspondence and publications regarding the commission ‘Single Form’ for the United Nations TGA 20132/2/1 (43)
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- Correspondence with Dag Hammarskjöld TGA 20132/2/1/5 (18)