Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Herbert Read, 30 August 1967
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Herbert Read, 30 August 1967
Classmark: BC MS 20c Herbert Read/12/265/13
Related People: Sir Herbert E. Read(Recipient)
Creator(s): Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)
Date(s): 30 Aug 1967
Size and medium: 1 letter
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/kcxr7h2f
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/745458
Collection group(s): Herbert Read Collection
Description
Letter begins: 'Dearest Herbert, I could not write as I promised as I was far from well.'
Hepworth discusses the recovery process of her broken leg and thanks Read for his most recent book [Art and Alienation?], although she would like to argue with some aspects of it.
Hepworth asserts that 'Ben, Henry, Naum & you and I were all equals and interwoven', and writes that 'My most recent large marbles & bronzes are my best [...].'
Individuals mentioned in the letter include:
[Hans] Arp
[Piet] Mondrian
Philip King
Ben [Nicholson]
Henry [Moore]
Naum [Gabo]
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Writing by Barbara Hepworth © Bowness.
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