The Hepworth Wakefield and national charity Art Fund today launched an urgent public appeal to prevent a rare and outstanding artwork by Dame Barbara from leaving the UK.
Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) is at risk of being lost overseas unless £3.8m can be raised to buy it for Wakefield’s permanent art collection. We can only save and display this work in the city in which Hepworth was born and brought up with support from you.
The appeal is backed by artists and creatives including Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Jenny Éclair, Sir Antony Gormley, Katy Hessel, Sir Anish Kapoor, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread.
In private ownership since its creation and rarely seen in public, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Redwas placed under an export bar by the UK government to give a museum the chance to acquire it for everyone to enjoy. The Hepworth Wakefield, which is named for the artist and tells the story of her working life, is determined to meet the challenge.
Main Image: Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943. Photograph: Betty Saunders
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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