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Three Forms Assembling

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Artwork Details

Three Forms Assembling
1969
Dame Barbara Hepworth
color lithograph on paper
27 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in (69.9 cm x 50.2 cm);35 15/16 in x 28 in (91.3 cm x 71.2 cm)
Museum Purchase
1970/2.139

Description

Subject Matter:

Similar to her contemporary sculptural production, in this composition, Hepworth explores the relationship between line, shape and space. The use of different and overlapping lines, marks and colors show an investigation into a two-dimensional representation of space and volume. This print is similar to the later series entitled "Opposing Forms" created during her time in St. Ives, where she was an integral part of the circle of modernist artists. 

Physical Description:

A grid of thin black lines intersect the image, slightly off-center. In the background is an all-over, inconsistently-textured black rectangle. Each quadrant has a motif that transects the grid. In the upper right, there is an outline of a circle and a grey square, irregularly created in horizontal marks.  At the top left, there is a quadrilateral that transects the grid. It is colored yellow to the right of the line. In the lower left, there is a sketchy grey rectangle, similar to the one in the top right but created with vertical markings. In the lower right, there is another outline of a quadrilateral. This one also transects the grid and, to the left, is filled in with black.

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