Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings. Forms John Atkinson Grimshaw’s innovation was

John Atkinson Grimshaw’s innovation was to apply the artistic tradition of moonlit scenes of nature to an urban and industrial context

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The Opposing Forms series encompasses twelve original Hepworth prints published by Marlborough Fine Art and printed by Kelpra Press

Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings. Forms John Atkinson Grimshaw’s innovation wasCreated under astonishing circumstances during the Second World War, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) marks a breakthrough in Barbara Hepworths career; it is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by Hepworth during the 1940s, and one of the first major wood carvings she made using strings. In private ownership and rarely seen by the public, in early 2025 the sculpture was deemed a national treasure and too important