Four-square (Walk-Through), by Barbara Hepworth

An image of Four-square (Walk-Through). Hepworth, Barbara (British, 1903-1975). Bronze, cast in sections, mounted on a bronze base. Two rectangular slabs of cast and welded bronze, each pierced by a roughly circular aperture off centre, are stood on their edges at a distance, and two more are placed on top of them at right angles. The interior surfaces of the holes is more smoothly finished than the sides of the sculpture which has acquired a patchy green patina. Bronze, constructed from four separate elements and a base, height, whole, 425.0 cm, 1966. Acquisition: allocated 2000; Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Lent to Churchill College since 1968.

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Four-square (Walk-Through). Hepworth, Barbara (British, 1903-1975). Bronze, cast in sections, mounted on a bronze base. Two rectangular slabs of cast and welded bronze, each pierced by a roughly circular aperture off centre, are stood on their edges at a distance, and two more are placed on top of them at right angles. The interior surfaces of the holes is more smoothly finished than the sides of the sculpture which has acquired a patchy green patina. Bronze, constructed from four separate elements and a base, height, whole, 425.0 cm, 1966. Acquisition: allocated 2000; Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Lent to Churchill College since 1968.

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Accession Number: M.12-2000
© The estate of Barbara Hepworth/Sophie Bowness. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/12.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 742.26kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 12/1
Captured: 2009:08:03 18:28:52

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20th Century _WF_Copyright aperture Barbara Hepworth bronze cast circular Hepworth hole patina patinated patination sculpture square welded

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