Dame Barbara Hepworth, recipient: Margaret Gardiner

Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner

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Created by: Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
Recipient: Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005
Title: Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
Date: 21 May 1949
Medium: Ink on paper
Description: This short letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns general news. Hepworth asks for news about Gardiner's health and mentions struggling herself with whooping cough. She finishes her letter by writing 'Your loyalty and perfect understanding are the best things I have ever known and experienced'.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference: TGA 202016/38