Pierced Hemisphere
Modernism
38.0 x 35.0 cm
The Hepworth Wakefield
Barbara Hepworth carved “Pierced Hemisphere” from white marble into a form that similarly takes the form of a half sphere rolled slightly backwards so that its flat face is presented at an angle. Hepworth used the oval, sphere and hemisphere and the pierced form frequently in her works until her death in 1975. Although these sculptures are largely abstract in appearance, in her 1971 autobiography the artist explained that ‘The closed form, such as the oval, spherical or pierced form… translates for me the association and meaning of gesture in landscape’.
Barbara Hepworth (1903 – 1975)
Explore as esculturas inovadoras de Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Pioneira na arte abstrata, Hepworth combinou surrealismo e abstração em obras marcantes como 'Oval Form' & 'Two Forms'. Descubra seu legado no Museu Hepworth Wakefield.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Pierced Hemisphere
- Artista: Barbara Hepworth
- Dimensões originais: 38.0 x 35.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Status dos direitos autorais: Protegido por direitos autorais
- Onde ver: The Hepworth Wakefield
- Período de criação: Mature Period
- Contexto do corpus: surrealist & abstract" , landscape gesture
- Palavras-chave: “sculpture form” , “british sculpture” , “pierced hemisphere”
- Intensidade de cor: Monochromatic