Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.
Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.

Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.

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Created under astonishing circumstances during the Second World War, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) marks a breakthrough in Barbara Hepworth’s career; it is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by Hepworth during the 1940s, and one of the first major wood carvings she made using strings.

In private ownership and rarely seen by the public, in early-2025 the sculpture was deemed a national treasure and too important to leave the UK. It was placed under a temporary export bar by the UK Government to prevent it from being lost overseas and give a UK museum the chance to acquire it for everyone to enjoy. The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund’s public appeal to raise £3.8m to save Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red for the nation successfully reached its target in August 2025.

An outpouring of support and over 2,800 donations from members of the public means this outstanding sculpture by a titan of modern British art can now be acquired as part of the UK’s national collection and go on permanent public display at The Hepworth Wakefield, in Hepworth’s hometown of Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Alongside public donations the success of the appeal has been made possible with several major grants – including £1.89m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, an exceptional grant of £750,000 from Art Fund, and further impactful support from the Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation, The Forster Foundation, The Garcia Family Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Headley Trust, the Hepworth family, The Henry Moore Foundation, The Julia Rausing Trust and many other generous individuals, foundations and trusts.

 

Each print is bespoke - it is produced on demand (POD) on fine art paper (280gsm): ideal for museum-quality reproductions and gives a gently textured matt surface, using a SwissQ print system: a state-of-the-art, large-format flatbed printer. Swiss-made, it’s fitted with low energy LED lights and cutting-edge UV printing processes, allowing us to print exceptionally precisely, reduce paper waste, and be more energy efficient. The inks used are vegan, VOC, NVC and TPO free.

Frames are handmade from sustainably sourced wood and acrylic plexiglass. We use 90% UV-protected shatter-resistant acrylic glazing to preserve prints from light damage and bleaching. Cast acrylic is a high-quality material, offering many benefits including 92% optical clarity. Cast acrylic is also fully recyclable

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