Hepworth Wakefield and the Arts Fund have successfully raised £3.8 million to acquire Barbara Hepworth Sculpture with color (oval form) light blue and red (1943).
The wood chord sculpture will be part of the UK’s national collection and will be permanently publicly displayed in the artist’s hometown of Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The artwork is privately owned and rarely seen by the public, and Christie’s sold its auction in London for £3.5 million last March. But the British government has placed it Sculpture with color (oval form) light blue and red Under the temporary export bar, museums in the country have the opportunity to raise the necessary funds to acquire artworks. according to BBC News.
The £3.8 million comes from more than 2,800 donations and several large grants, including £1.89 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, as well as £750,000 from the Arts Fund and private support.
“We are so grateful to all who have come together to save this outstanding sculpture for the country and we are excited to have obtained this work that allows us to tell the complete, rich story of Barbara Hepworth’s career and inspire our audience and fully inspire our future,” said Dr. Artnews In an emailed statement, it was said that the amount of support from public donors, private trusts and foundations was “especially galvanized.” “We are very happy to have received such recognition from the audience we serve.”
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“This campaign really proves how the public can blend with donations of all sizes to preserve important artworks for future generations,” Alice Alice Regent, director of development at the Arts Fund, told The Arts Fund. Artnews In the email statement.
Hepps produced Sculpture with color (oval form) light blue and red During World War II. “This is one of the few wooden carvings that Hepworth made in the 1940s and one of the first major wood carvings she made,” a press statement noted.
George Nelson contributed the report.
