Marble with colour (Crete)

Barbara Hepworth (in 1964)

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Thomas Werner asked

Hello,
we are planning a visit of the museum. Is it possible the see the work of Barbara Hepworth during the renovation?

Thank you in advance for your response.

Best, Thomas wWerner
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Thomas, the sculpture has returned from the 2023 exhibition to its place in depot A4.08. As you might know, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is accessible, but I am not sure if the sculpture is visible from the atrium. We offer free guided tours but one never knows on beforehand which depot will be visited. The best advise I can give is to make use of our new service, art by request. You can find all information here: https://www.boijmans.nl/en/activities/art-by-request. Kind regards, Els

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Barbara Hepworth is characterized by her feeling for her material. She had a great love of carving as a technique, because it involved a direct confrontation with natural materials like stone and wood. In 'Marble with Colour' rough planes alternate with polished ones and the gradations of colour in the marble are set off by a pink tone. The sculpture has been given a rough wooden base as a contrast to the structure of the stone. Equally carefully considered is the approach to form. In this work Hepworth, who in the thirties was one of the first abstract artissts in Britain, has sought for a harmony between open and closed space, squares and circles, projecting and recessed planes.

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Title	Marble with colour (Crete)
Material and technique	Marble, wood
Object type	Sculpture > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 153 cm Width 140 cm Depth 70 cm Weight 780
Artists	Artist: Barbara Hepworth
Accession number	BEK 1421 (MK)
Credits	Purchased 1966
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1966
Creation date	in 1964
Entitled parties	Bowness, Hepworth Estate
External exhibitions	The Liberation of Form. Barbara Hepworth - A Master of Abstraction in the Mirror of Modernism (2023)
Research	Show research Digitising Contemporary Art
Material	Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Marble > Metamorphic stone > Stone > Minerals and stones > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Sculpture > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	England > Great Britian > United Kingdom > Northern Europe > Europe