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Two Forms (Divided Circle)

Two Forms (Divided Circle) (BH 477) is a bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, designed in 1969. Six numbered copies were cast, plus one (0/6) retained by the sculptor.[2] The sculpture's dimensions are 237 centimetres (93 in) by 234 centimetres (92 in) by 54 centimetres (21 in).[1]

The front of the base has "Barbara Hepworth 1969" inscribed on it followed by the number of the sculpture, as well as "Morris | Singer | FOUNDERS | LONDON", both inscribed by casting.[1]

The sculpture is considered to be one of Britain's most recognisable works.[3]

The sculpture is late work by Hepworth, created only 6 years before her death in a fire at her studio in St Ives in 1975. It includes two vertical bronze semi-circles forming a broken circle approximately 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) across, each pieced pierced by one large hole. Both elements are welded to a bronze base. All three elements are hollow, and were cast in London by Morris Singer.[citation needed]

Hepworth designed the work after being diagnosed with cancer in 1966.[citation needed] She wanted the viewer's body to be engaged with her work,[citation needed] saying: "You can climb through the Divided Circle – you don't need to do it physically to experience it."[3]

Hepworth also made a series of nine maquettes about 14.5 inches (370 mm) tall, Maquette for Divided Circle, cast in polished bronze.[citation needed]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Two Forms (Divided Circle)]". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Barbara Hepworth: sculptures – Two Forms (Divided Circle)". barbarahepworth.org.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Barbara Hepworth: £500k 'Two Forms' sculpture stolen by metal thieves". The Telegraph. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e Stephens, Chris (March 1998). "Tate Catalogue entry". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b Wyke, Terry (2004). Public Sculpture Of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0853235675.
  6. ^ a b "Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen from London park". The Guardian. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Very grand theft: Barbara Hepworth's park sculpture is stolen for scrap metal". The Independent. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen from Dulwich Park". BBC News. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Reward for Hepworth art stolen from Dulwich Park increased". BBC News. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen from Dulwich Park to be replaced with 'anti-theft' works by Conrad Shawcross". The Independent. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "Barbara Hepworth sculpture comes to Downing". Downing College, Cambridge. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. ^ "The Two Forms Sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, The Fellows Garden, Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK". Alamy. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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