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: 1 December 1950
Medium: Ink on paper
Description: This short letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner is sent to inform her that she is moving into her studio as it is taking her a long time to recover from both salmonella and shingles, she writes 'I can at least look at my stones through the window'. She also writes that she has taken the decision to leave Nicholson; 'Therefore I am leaving him'.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference: TGA 202016/55