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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

‘Extremely rare’ Barbara Hepworth sculpture to go on public display after successful £3.8m fundraiser

£3.8 million was raised to save the sculpture (Betty Saunders/PA) -

A rare sculpture by Yorkshire-born artist Barbara Hepworth will be placed on permanent display for the first time ever after £3.8m was raised to save it.

The 1943 artwork, titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, was auctioned by Christies and given a rare and temporary export bar preventing it from leaving the UK last year, allowing galleries to acquire it.

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