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: 22 April 1974
Medium: Ink on paper
Description: This typed letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner concerns general news. Hepworth writes about signing many appeals and 'beginning to lose the threads of what is the most important thing of all'. She also says that she misses Gardiner and that it was 'inspiring and like old times' the last time that she saw her.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference: TGA 202016/88