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Single Form (Eikon) by Barbara Hepworth

Single Form (Eikon)

Barbara Hepworth · 1937

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Artist
Barbara Hepworth
Date
1937
Medium
Bronze
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
with base: 58 1/4 × 11 × 12 5/8 in., 172 lb. (148 × 28 × 32 cm, 78 kg)
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line
Purchase, Alejandro Santo Domingo Gift, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2018
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Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth, a leading Modernist sculptor, pioneered the 'pierced form' in sculpture and transformed her St Ives studio into an open-air gallery.

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