Tibia Graft

Barbara Hepworth 1949

The Hepworth Wakefield
Wakefield, United Kingdom

In 1947 Hepworth was invited to observe an operation at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Exeter by the surgeon Norman Capener, who had treated her daughter Sarah during a severe illness a few years earlier.

Details

Title: Tibia Graft
Creator: Barbara Hepworth
Date Created: 1949
Physical Dimensions: 52.2 x 37.3 cm
Type: Work on paper
Rights: Barbara Hepworth © Bowness. Wakefield Permanent Art Collection (The Hepworth Wakefield). Purchased by Wakefield Corporation, 1951. Photography: Jerry Hardman-Jones
Medium: Oil and pencil on paper

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