91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Sculpture

Hammarskjold - Hepworth

Erection date: 1963

Inscription

{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 has as much detail about the various versions as anyone could possibly want.

Site: Hammarskjold - Hepworth (1 memorial)

SW11, Carriage Drive South

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hammarskjold - Hepworth

Subjects commemorated i

Dag Hammarskjold

UN Secretary General, 1951-61.  Died in a suspicious plane crash in the Congo...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hammarskjold - Hepworth

Created by i

Barbara Hepworth

Born in Wakefield as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. At art school met and became a...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

Reel sculpture - Gainsborough Film Studios

Reel sculpture - Gainsborough Film Studios

N1, Shoreditch Park

Commissioned by Hackney Council in 1996 when it was erected at the junction of Leonard Street and Paul Street, EC2. Some time July 2012 -...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Communist victims

Communist victims

SW7, Cromwell Gardens

The plinth for this 12-headed sculpture is a 4-sided pillar set at the centre of a 4-pointed cross.

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Covid sculpture - Shield Totem

Covid sculpture - Shield Totem

NW1, St Andrews Place, Royal College of Physicians - Memorial Garden

This ten-foot high sculpture, 'Shield Totem', features a cascade of facemasks mounted on a fluted marble base. Source: RCP.

2 subjects commemorated, 7 creators
Dogs of Alcibiades - south

Dogs of Alcibiades - south

E9, Victoria Park, Bonner Gate

Lady Regnart donated these statues in 1912 and her husband died in 1912 so, call us reckless, but we are assuming that the donation was i...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Soviet WW2 memorial

Soviet WW2 memorial

SE1, Lambeth Road, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

Designed by Shcherbakov, made by Breeze. Unveiled by the British Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, and the Russian Ambas...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators