''Dual Form'' (BH 396) is a bronze sculpture by the British artist

Barbara Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leadin ...

. Created in 1965, it was cast in an edition of 7+1 (seven casts plus one artist's copy) at the

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foundry. The full-size version measures . It includes two large flattened oval shapes, each with a recessed area, and pierced by a hole, one with a round hole and the other hole elongated. There is also a 19-inch bronze

maquette A ''maquette'' is a scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture or work of architecture. The term is a loanword from French. An equivalent term is ''bozzetto'', a diminutive of the Italian word for a sketch. Sculpture A maquette ...

(BH 397) which was cast in an edition of 9 plus an artist's copy. An example of the full-size sculpture has usually been sited outside the

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in Cornwall since 1966, but in 2024 it was temporarily moved to

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in Redruth while the area around the Guildhall is renovated. Another full-size cast was bought by

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in 1967, on loan to

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since 2016. Other casts are at the

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, the

Kröller-Müller Museum The Kröller-Müller Museum () is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of ...

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in the Netherlands, at

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in Washington DC (which also holds a maquette), and the

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References

Dual Form
barbarahepworth.org.uk
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Volume of sculpture records, 1965, p.45-48
tate.org.uk
Dual Form, St Ives
artuk.org
Dual Form, Leeds
artuk.org
Dual Form, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster
artuk.org
Dual Form, 1965
Kröller-Müller Museum
Hepworth sculpture on the move
Leeds.gov.uk, 5 August 2016
Dual Form, Portland
portlandartmuseum.us
Dual Form, Washington DC
The Phillips Collection
Maquette for Dual Form, Washington DC
The Phillips Collection
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Dual Form’s Temporary Relocation to Kresen Kernow, Redruth
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