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Dame Barbara Hepworth, recipient: Margaret Gardiner

Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner

[November] 1950

Barbara Hepworth © Bowness

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Created by
Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975
Recipient
Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005
Title
Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner
Date
[November] 1950
Medium
Ink on paper
Description
This short letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner is about Hepworth having shingles and needing to stay in the bed, she mentions that her friend Priaulx Rainer will be coming to help her.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Sir Alan Bowness, 2020
Reference
TGA 202016/53

Archive context

  • Letters from Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016 (80)
    • Letter sent by Barbara Hepworth to Margaret Gardiner TGA 202016/53
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