Figure for Landscape (Los Angeles, CA) : Overall view from the side
- Creator:
- Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975
- Published/Created:
- Los Angeles, California, United States
cast 1968 ; designed 1960 - Physical Description:
- 107 in (height) x 52 in (width) x 27 in (depth)
- Date Depicted:
- 2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- bronze
- Notes:
- Adjacent to the Museum's West Pavilion, outside the entrance to the Center for Photographs, is the Stark Sculpture Terrace, with works that depict the broad outlines of figurative sculpture's move from representation to abstraction. Hepworth's Figure for Landscape is located here. About nine feet tall, this hollowed-out bronze sculpture is a commanding presence. It is not recognizable as a specific human form, but the narrowing shape suggests the contours of a head and body. Barbara Hepworth often pierced or punctured her forms, creating a play of positive and negative space. Here, the four openings accentuate the sculpture's relation to the surrounding landscape--an interplay reinforced by the work's title.
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-HBA-FFL-A3
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); nonrepresentational art Twentieth century visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2007 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10058723
- PID:
- digcoll:1813642