Dame Barbara Hepworth

Greek Sketchbook interleaved with pressed flowers and plants

1954

Barbara Hepworth © Bowness

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Created by: Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
Title: Greek Sketchbook interleaved with pressed flowers and plants
Date: 1954
Description: Notebook measures 275 × 225 mm. Mixed media including graphite, ink and pastels on paper.

Pattern notebook, used by Barbara Hepworth while visiting Greece, containing drawings and colours swatches evoking the landscapes of Greece, often paired with poems and stories about places she visited, it also contains pressed flowers and plants from Greece.
Format: Bound volume - notebook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Alan Bowness 2015
Reference: TGA 201518/1/3

Archive context

Sketchbooks, notebooks and working papers of the artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) TGA 201518 (38)
- Sketchbooks and Notebooks TGA 201518/1 (1)
- - Greek Sketchbook interleaved with pressed flowers and plants TGA 201518/1/3