Dame Barbara Hepworth, recipient: Margaret Gardiner

Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner

29 November 1950

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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: 29 November 1950
Medium: Ink on paper
Description: This letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns personal news. Hepworth writes about having salmonella on top of shingles and feeling very weak and thin, she mentions that Priaulx Rainer has been helping her. Hepworth also writes about her difficulties with Nicholson and his upcoming residency. Hepworth also writes about her work and says that even if she is ill she feels 'on top of the world' and says that she gained 'clarity and intensity of vision' and is excited to carve again.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference: TGA 202016/54

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Letters from Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016 (80)
- Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016/54