Sculpture: Hammarskjold - Hepworth
Erection date: 1963
Inscription
{PMSA records a bronze plaque set in concrete but in 2013 we did not see it:}
Single form, 1961-62. Dedicated to Dag Hammarskjold by Barbara Hepworth.
Hammarskjold and Hepworth were friends; he owned some of her sculpture including a 1937-8 sandalwood version of Single Form. A 21 foot high version stands outside the United Nations Building in New York, commissioned by the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation as a memorial to Hammarskjöld. Tate also has a version and Tate's catalogue entry has as much detail about the various versions as anyone could possibly want.
Site: Hammarskjold - Hepworth (1 memorial)
SW11, Carriage Drive South
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