Latest acquisition goes on show at Pier Arts Centre today
Photograph © Christie’s Images Limited 2015
The Pier Arts Centre has added a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth to its collection of art.
Two Forms (Orkney) will go on display in the Stromness gallery today, Saturday — the first time the sculpture has been seen in public since the Tate Gallery’s 1968 Barbara Hepworth restrospective in London.
Carved in slate in 1967, the work was offered for sale from a private collection in Switzerland at a recent auction of British art at Christie’s London.
The Pier Arts Centre acquired the piece with the support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, the National Fund for Acquisitions, managed by National Museums Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, and the Henry Moore Foundation. Further support from the Porthmeor Fund helped secure the work
The centre’s own contribution, which enabled applications to the main supporters, was provided by the Friends of the Pier Arts Centre.
The sculpture will now go on permanent display at the Pier Arts Centre alongside works from its collection, which includes other significant carvings by Hepworth.