© Bowness, Hepworth Estate & Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery
Preparation
Artist: Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Location: Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Date: 1947
Materials: oil & pencil on board
Dimensions: 36.8 x 26.7cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,181 (Total: £12,725; tax remission)
Vendor: Cecily Capener
Review number: 4030 (1994)
Provenance:
Given to Norman Capener by the artist; by descent.
Description:
Hepworth worked on a series of drawings of surgeons at work inspired by her visits to operating theatres in Exeter and London. Depicted as a weighty and monumental figure, rendered anonymous by the medical mask, the surgeon contemplates the impending operation, his hands meeting as he mentally prepares them for action.
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