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Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield
Sophie (Ed) Bowness
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Hardback. Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods. Editor(s): Bowness, Ms. Sophie. Num Pages: 200 pages, Includes 85 colour and 115 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1264. The Gift to Wakefield. 200 pages, Includes 85 colour and 115 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Bowness, Sophie. Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFKB. Dimension: 267 x 230 x 24. Weight: 1260.
Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, and occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods and a comprehensive history of her work in bronze. In addition, insights into the building which will be home to the collection are provided through essays exploring the history of The Hepworth and, in a contribution by David Chipperfield, the design of the new museum by his architectural practice. A fascinating account of the sculptor's connections with Wakefield ... Read more
Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, and occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods and a comprehensive history of her work in bronze. In addition, insights into the building which will be home to the collection are provided through essays exploring the history of The Hepworth and, in a contribution by David Chipperfield, the design of the new museum by his architectural practice. A fascinating account of the sculptor's connections with Wakefield ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1257g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848220669
SKU
V9781848220669
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Ref
99-2
About Sophie (Ed) Bowness
Dr Sophie Bowness is an art historian and a Trustee of the Hepworth Estate. She worked on the catalogue raisonne of Hepworth's sculpture and was a consultant on The Hepworth Wakefield. David Chipperfield Architects designed The Hepworth Wakefield and recent projects include the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin and the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate. Frances Guy is ... Read more
Reviews for Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters: The Gift to Wakefield
'Sophie Bowness's magnificent catalogue richly illustrates the works and illuminates their histories through archival photographs ...Bowness's essay gives much-needed attention to Hepworth's studio practice, as well as to her relations with foundries, and details the evolutions of her public commissions' TLS '...beautifully produced with a collection of scholarly yet accessible essays and a host of high quality illustrations.' Cassone ... Read more