Shaft and Circle (1972), Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK

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Highly reflective surfaces were favoured in Barbara Hepworth's late works: with the bronze version of Shaft and Circle the whole surface is maintained at a high polish. The incision on "Shaft and Circle" could be an allusion to the ancients, whether the ancient graffiti draftsmen, or the ancient animal-stone carvers, or the old Anglo Saxon cross-or-round-shaft builders. Often her allusions to ancient motifs are highly sublimated, tinctured with the values of our century, yet emergent wherever we look.

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Size: 3413px × 5120px
Location: Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, St. Ives. Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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