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- Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
- Recipient
- Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005
- Title
- Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
- Date
- 19 July 1950
- Medium
- Ink and graphite on paper
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
- Reference
- TGA 202016/47
Description
This letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns general news. Hepworth writes about her health and the good results of her X-rays. She also writes about Nicholson's moods and their difficulties. Hepworth writes about her carvings, she mentions two large ones [Contrapuntal Forms] and hopes she can finish them on time but that it might be difficult due to the weather, she also mentions her friend Priaulx Rainier and says that she has been composing music in the corner of the garden at the studio.
Archive context
- Letters from Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016 (80)
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- Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016/47