Part of a collection of letters to Sir Herbert Read from Dame Barbara Hepworth (English artist and sculptor) held in the Herbert Read archive at the University of Leeds, UK. The letters span the time period of 1965 to 1968, and discuss art, the art world and their personal lives. Hepworth looks forward to leaving hospital, having broken her leg, and hopes to read, paint and listen to music.

In Collection:

• Barbara Hepworth Letters to Herbert Read - University of Leeds and University of Victoria

Creator

• Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975

Contributor

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

Subject

• Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975
• Poets
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Art historians
• Authors, English
• Art movements
• Poets, English
• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
• Authors
• Artists--Correspondence
• Women artists
• Artists

Language

• eng

Date created

• June 28, 1967

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 3 pages

Geographic Coverage

• England--St. Ives (Cornwall)

Coordinates

• 50.19681, -5.47874

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten. Black ink. Signed Barbara.

Physical Repository

• University of Leeds. Library

Collection

• University of Leeds Herbert Read and Barbara Hepworth Correspondence

Provider

• University of Leeds. Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• BC MS 20c Herbert Read/12/265/9

Fonds title

• University of Leeds, Herbert Read Archive

Fonds identifier

• BC MS 20c

Is referenced by

• University of Leeds Special Collections description: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/745454

Technical note

• Metadata by Ruth Burton, additional metadata by KD.

Rights

• Writings by Barbara Hepworth © Bowness. This material has been made available on this site for educational and research purposes only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections at the University of Leeds at specialcollections@library.leeds.ac.uk.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/w52m-rn12

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