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- Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
- Recipient
- Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005
- Title
- Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
- Date
- 3 December 1959
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
- Reference
- TGA 202016/68
Description
This letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns general news. Hepworth writes about working all the time, saying she works on her sculptures until early evening and then works on her monograph and drawings. She writes about focusing on getting all her casts to the foundry so that they are ready for her upcoming Zurich show. Hepworth writes to Gardiner that she misses her greatly and wants to cultivate their friendship, she says that she wants to tell her about Paris and how much it meant to her.
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 202016/68