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| Barbara Hepworth: Wakefield gallery hits £3.8m target to buy sculpture | |
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| Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red by Barbara Hepworth | Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red by Barbara Hepworth |
| An art gallery has successfully secured sufficient funds to buy a Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture, after reaching the target of £3.8m. | An art gallery has successfully secured sufficient funds to buy a Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture, after reaching the target of £3.8m. |
| Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red will go on permanent public display at the Hepworth Wakefield after pre-empting its 27 August deadline to raise the funds. | Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red will go on permanent public display at the Hepworth Wakefield after pre-empting its 27 August deadline to raise the funds. |
| The gallery received more than 2,800 donations from the public, as well as £1.89m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and a £750,000 grant from Art Fund. | The gallery received more than 2,800 donations from the public, as well as £1.89m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and a £750,000 grant from Art Fund. |
| The 1943 work, which had been in private ownership, was placed under a temporary export bar to give a British museum the chance to acquire it after it was deemed too important to leave the UK. | The 1943 work, which had been in private ownership, was placed under a temporary export bar to give a British museum the chance to acquire it after it was deemed too important to leave the UK. |
| Olivia Colling, interim director and CEO at the Hepworth Wakefield, said Dame Barbara would be "delighted" so many people ensured the piece can be displayed in her home city. | Olivia Colling, interim director and CEO at the Hepworth Wakefield, said Dame Barbara would be "delighted" so many people ensured the piece can be displayed in her home city. |
| "Barbara Hepworth often talked about her need to be part of a community and its proactive development," she said. | "Barbara Hepworth often talked about her need to be part of a community and its proactive development," she said. |
| "We are enormously grateful for the generosity people have shown in helping us to bring this extremely rare and important work to Wakefield." | "We are enormously grateful for the generosity people have shown in helping us to bring this extremely rare and important work to Wakefield." |
| The sculpture was carved during World War Two, when Dame Barbara lived in St Ives, Cornwall, with her young family. | The sculpture was carved during World War Two, when Dame Barbara lived in St Ives, Cornwall, with her young family. |
| It is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by the Wakefield-born artist during the 1940s, and one of the first wood carvings she made featuring strings. | It is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by the Wakefield-born artist during the 1940s, and one of the first wood carvings she made featuring strings. |
| In private ownership since its creation and rarely seen in public, the sculpture was auctioned by Christie's in 2024 for £3.5m. | In private ownership since its creation and rarely seen in public, the sculpture was auctioned by Christie's in 2024 for £3.5m. |
| The gallery has said it intends to lend the piece to other museums and galleries across the UK, "opening up access for people everywhere". | The gallery has said it intends to lend the piece to other museums and galleries across the UK, "opening up access for people everywhere". |
| Wakefield-born Barbara Hepworth was a pioneer of abstract sculpture | Wakefield-born Barbara Hepworth was a pioneer of abstract sculpture |
| The appeal was backed by artists and creatives including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Katy Hessel, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread. | The appeal was backed by artists and creatives including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Katy Hessel, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread. |
| Jenny Waldman, director of Art Fund, said the piece was "endlessly fascinating to look at from all angles". | Jenny Waldman, director of Art Fund, said the piece was "endlessly fascinating to look at from all angles". |
| "Its a really special and significant work of art," she said. | "Its a really special and significant work of art," she said. |
| "This is a wooden object, it's painted white with a beautiful pale blue, perhaps reminiscent of Cornwall and the beautiful blues there, and it has coloured strings in the middle." | "This is a wooden object, it's painted white with a beautiful pale blue, perhaps reminiscent of Cornwall and the beautiful blues there, and it has coloured strings in the middle." |
| Ms Hessel, an art historian who supported the appeal, said Hepworth's sculptures "really sum up the British landscape". | Ms Hessel, an art historian who supported the appeal, said Hepworth's sculptures "really sum up the British landscape". |
| "This was during the war, there were scarce material available to her and she had to make do with what she had," she said. | "This was during the war, there were scarce material available to her and she had to make do with what she had," she said. |
| Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. | Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. |