Sheltered by the sea, Barbara Hepworth’s Pelagos

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Dame Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946, elm and string on oak base, 43 x 46 x 38.5 cm (Tate Britain). Pelagos is the word for “sea” in Greek.

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Collecting the Early Works of Barbara Hepworth on ArtUK

Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Sheltered by the sea, Barbara Hepworth’s Pelagos," in Smarthistory, April 22, 2019, accessed December 10, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/hepworth-pelagos/.