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    		• Hepworth, Barbara,
     
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    		• Morris Singer Foundry,
     
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    		• Harrison & Abramovitz,
     
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    		• George A. Fuller Company,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Homage -- Hammarskjold, Dag
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Single Form, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975, sculptor.
    Morris Singer Foundry, founder.
    Harrison & Abramovitz, architectural firm.
    George A. Fuller Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Single Form, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1963. Cast April 6, 1964. Dedicated June 11, 1964.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 21 ft.
    Description: 
    A biomorphic slab pierced by a circular hole rises vertically from a circular pool surfaced with waves of colored stone. The piece was cast from six pieces of bronze, but its textured surface looks more like stone.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Homage -- Hammarskjold, Dag
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United Nations, Department of Plant Manager, New York New York
    Located United Nations, Secretariat Building, front entrance at First Avenue & East 43rd Street, New York, New York 10017
    Remarks: 
    Barbara Hepworth created this work in memory of U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, who was killed in a plane crash in 1961. The artist felt that it embodied her feelings "about his life, his nobility, his intense unity as a person." The piece was commissioned in 1963 by the United Nations through a grant of 85,000 dollars donated by the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation. Harrison & Abramovitz designed the base plinth and George A. Fuller Company executed the design for the base. For related articles see New York Times, June 16, 1964; "Recent British Sculpture 61-63," British Journal. The Museum of Modern Art Library files contain uncataloged materials on the United Nations Buildings.
    References: 
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 144.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 144.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 87870132
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