Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters
Barbara Hepworth: The Plasters
The Gift to Wakefield
ISBN: 9781848220669Celebrating 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.
Edited by Sophie Bowness, Contributions by David Chipperfield, Frances Guy, Jackie Heuman, Tessa Jackson, Simon Wallis, Gordon Watson
Imprint: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
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Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 200
Contents: Preface, Simon Wallis; Coming Home: Barbara Hepworth and the Wakefield Art Gallery Collection, Frances Guy; Developing The Hepworth Wakefield to Start of Construction, 1996 to 2007, Gordon Watson; The Hepworth Wakefield, David Chipperfield; Barbara Hepworth's Studio Practice: Plaster for Bronze, Sophie Bowness; Catalogue of the Plasters and other Prototypes in the Hepworth Gift, Sophie Bowness, with information on technique and conservation by Jackie Heuman and Tessa Jackson; The Conservation of the Gift, with a Glossary of Technical Terms, Jackie Heuman; Chronology; Select Bibliography; Index.
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