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Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
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Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)

Operating Theatre study

細節
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Operating Theatre study
signed and dated 'Barbara Hepworth 12/47' (lower left)
red chalk
13¾ x 9¾ in. (35 x 24.7 cm.)
展覽
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, August 1954.
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拍品專文

This is one of a series of studies of surgeons operating at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter. Hepworth's interest in this subject was stimulated after her daughter had suffered a serious illness and she was subsequently invited by the surgeon at the hospital to sit in on operations.