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Why did Barbara Hepworth use bronze?
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Barbara Hepworth used bronze for a few reasons. Hepworth intended for some pieces to be displayed outdoors and bronze is a weather-ready material. Because it can be melted and poured into a mold, bronze also made it possible for Hepworth to create her distinctive pierced, fluid sculptures, whereas it was more difficult to achieve the same effects with wood and stone. In addition, brass enabled Hepworth to quickly make multiple editions of the same work. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Barbara Hepworth art.
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Sea Forms (1969) (signed)
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in Woodbury, CT
A original Lithograph in black and yellow with embossing on wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition 30/60. Sheet size 58 x 82cm.
Published with the blindstam...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Forms in a Flurry
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1969-70, signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 60 (total edition includes ten artist's proofs) published by Marlborough AG Schellenberg, FL, 77.7 ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Moonplay (1972) (signed)
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in Woodbury, CT
Signed lithograph in colours, 1972, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered
129/200, published by Cercle Graphique Européen, with their blindstamp, in good condition, framed
76 x ...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Square and circles (1969) (signed)
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in Woodbury, CT
A original Lithograph printed in colours, on wove. Signed and numbered by the artist. Printed by Curwen Prints, London, with their blindstamp, with margins in 1969.
Edition 24/30. Sh...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Rangatira 2 (1969)
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in Woodbury, CT
Screenprint in colours, 1970, from Opposing Forms, signed in pencil, numbered 13 out of 60, published by Marlborough Fine Art, London, on TH Saunders wove paper.
78 x 57 cm.
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Winter Solstice - British Sculpture Abstract St Ives
By Barbara Hepworth
Located in London, GB
This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Barbara Hepworth" in the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil 44 from the edition of 150, at the lower right image, below the signature.
It was printed by Rose and Chris Prater of Kelpra Studios, London and co-published by Lund Humphries, London and Praeger Publishers, New York in 1971.
This screenprint was included in the 1971 catalogue raisonné of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
