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Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming revised edition of the Barbara Hepworth catalogue raisonné being prepared by Sir Alan Bowness.
Alan Bowness has described the technique of the drawings which Hepworth executed between 1947 and 1951: "The rhythm of the figure is expressed in the pencil line which describes the form. The more considered early ones are drawn on boards prepared with scumbled oil paints muted in colour; this is often scraped and rubbed off in places as the drawing proceeds. The pencil lines are strong and delicate,...supported by softly shaded areas to bring out the forms. There is, however, no question of a three-dimensional realisation of the figure ... the search is much more for the rhythm of a figure in movement." (A. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth, Drawings from a Sculptor's Landscape, London 1966, p. 20).
Alan Bowness has described the technique of the drawings which Hepworth executed between 1947 and 1951: "The rhythm of the figure is expressed in the pencil line which describes the form. The more considered early ones are drawn on boards prepared with scumbled oil paints muted in colour; this is often scraped and rubbed off in places as the drawing proceeds. The pencil lines are strong and delicate,...supported by softly shaded areas to bring out the forms. There is, however, no question of a three-dimensional realisation of the figure ... the search is much more for the rhythm of a figure in movement." (A. Bowness, Barbara Hepworth, Drawings from a Sculptor's Landscape, London 1966, p. 20).