Trewyn Studio, Barnoon Hill, St Ives, Cornwall
Trewyn Studio, Barnoon Hill, St Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall, Cornwall. Barbara Hepworth at her studio in St Ives, working on the sculpture Contrapuntal Forms for the South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain_x000D_
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The original caption reads: "Barbara Hepworth working on her sculpture for the Festival of Britain Exhibition 1951, South Bank, London at her St. Ives, Cornwall studio."_x000D_
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The stone sculpture symolised the Spirit of Discovery and weighed 9 tons. It was commissioned by the Arts Council, and was displayed on a pedestal outside the Dome of Discovery at the South Bank Exhibition
Picture No
13743060
Media ID
45397454
Size
4416px x 5800px
(2.5MB)
Credit
© Historic England / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Festival of Britain Office - Historic England Archive
Date
1950





























