Jerwood
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Funding
  • Jerwood Collection
  • News
  • Contact
Menu
Artworks

Artworks

Dame Barbara Hepworth, Study for Lisa (Hands to Face), 1949

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Study for Lisa (Hands to Face), 1949
pencil and oil on board
45.7 x 25.4 cm; 18 x 10 in
JC216
Barbara Hepworth © Bowness
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EDame%20Barbara%20Hepworth%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EStudy%20for%20Lisa%20%28Hands%20to%20Face%29%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E1949%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3Epencil%20and%20oil%20on%20board%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E45.7%20x%2025.4%20cm%3B%2018%20x%2010%20in%3C/div%3E

Provenance

The artist.
Mr and Mrs F.E. Halliday.
Private Collection, U.K.
Offer Waterman & Co, from where purchased, April 2015.

Exhibitions

London, Lefevre Gallery, New Sculpture and Drawings by Barbara Hepworth, February 1950, no. 41.
Venice, XXV Biennale, British Pavilion, An Exhibition of Works by John Constable, Matthew Smith and Barbara Hepworth, British Council, Summer 1950, no. 119.
Wakefield, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Drawings, Festival of Britain, May - July 1951, no. 90: this exhibition toured to York, City Art Gallery, July - August 1951; Manchester, City Art Gallery, September - October 1951.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, Retrospective Exhibition 1927-1954, April - June 1954, no. 129.
St Ives, Parish Church, Exhibition on the Occasion of the Conferment of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of St Ives on Bernard Leach and Barbara Hepworth, September - October 1968.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Barbara Hepworth, June - August 1970, no. 69.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Horizons: Kettle's Yard at Jerwood Gallery, September 2015 - January 2016.
London, Business Design Centre, London Art Fair, Coast, January 2016.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Coast, April - July 2016.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, October 2016 - January 2017.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Jerwood Collection: 25 Years, January - April 2018.
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, In Relation: Nine Couples who Transformed Modern British Art, June – September 2018.
London, Dickinson at Frieze Art Fair, Formed from Nature: Barbara Hepworth, October 2018.
London, Close: Drawn Portraits, Drawing Room London, Nov 2018 - Feb 2019.
Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Cornwall as Crucible: Modernity and Internationalism in Mid-Century Britain, February - May 2020.
Welbeck, Harley Gallery, A Curator's Choice, May-August 2021.
East Sussex, Towner Eastbourne, Drawing the Unspeakable, 5 Oct 2024 - 27 April 2025.

Literature

In Relation: Nine Couples who Transformed Modern British Art, James Russell, Bristol, Sansom and Company, 2018, pp. 32, illustrated, and 34.
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
118 
of  294

Join our mailing list

Signup

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied to communicate with you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.

Jerwood Foundation logo

ANNUAL REVIEWS
CAPITAL PROJECTS
SUSTAINABILITY

 

Jerwood Foundation is company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 13515955 and a registered UK charity number 1197386

Every possible effort has been made to locate and credit copyright holders of the material reproduced. Jerwood Foundation apologises for any omissions or errors, which can be corrected by contacting info@jerwood.org

 
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Privacy Policy
Accessibility Policy
Cookie Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Jerwood Foundation
Site by Artlogic

We use cookies to improve your experience and to help our website run effectively. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our cookies policy.  

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences