{"product_id":"hepworth-in-colour-by-alexandra-gerstein","title":"Hepworth in Colour by Alexandra Gerstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exciting book provides an opportunity to discover the vital and expressive role of colour in Barbara Hepworth's sculpture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara Hepworth (1903–1975) is one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, best known for her abstract sculptural forms inspired by nature and the rugged seaside landscapes of Cornwall, where she lived and worked. Accompanying a major new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, this ambitious catalogue is the first to explore the artist’s lifelong fascination with colour, which she used in highly original and unexpected ways. The exhibition and accompanying book will unite for the first time her early innovative sculptures with the colour of the 1940s, exploring them alongside the most important drawings from that decade, and will include major examples of her work with colour from the 1950s and 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis focused, research-driven volume will comprise around 20 sculptures and 30 exceptional drawings, showing sculpture in dialogue with her painted and graphic works. It provides an exciting and unique opportunity to discover the vital and expressive role of colour in Hepworth’s sculpture, offering a fresh way of understanding one of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has been published to tie in with the exhibition schedule at The Courtauld Gallery, London running from the 12 June – 6 September 2026. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors are: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Gerstein is Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Courtauld Gallery, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Feeke is a writer and curator whose research focuses on Barbara Hepworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKirsty Dootson is Associate Professor in Art and Material Cultures of Britain at University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Batchelor is a London-based artist and author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Edmondson is Conservator of Works on Paper at the Courtauld Gallery, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Paul Holberton Publishing\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sally Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48846008516825,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/1697\/1925\/files\/9781917976084.jpg?v=1782225292","url":"https:\/\/www.heatoncooper.co.uk\/products\/hepworth-in-colour-by-alexandra-gerstein","provider":"Heaton Cooper Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}