Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings at The Hepworth Wakefield

Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings (27 October 2012 - 3 February 2013)  Following the hospitalisation of their daughter Sarah in 1944, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson became friends with Norman Capener - the surgeon who treated her at Princess Elizabeth Orthopeadic Hospital in Exeter. Through their friendship, Hepworth was invited to witness a variety of surgical procedures at Exeter and the London Clinic. Betweeen 1947-1949, Hepworth produced around 80 works on this subject. In this exhibition The Hepworth Wakefield presented more than 30 works; some never before seen. Alongside collection works were loans from national, public and private collections.