Theme and Variations
Theme and Variations
Theme and Variations
Theme and Variations
Theme and Variations

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The three bronze pieces of the abstract sculpture is attached to the ashlar-faced building at first floor level by steel fixings and comprises semi-circular bronze forms that overlie each other and display subtle colour changes. Barbara Hepworth’s final public commission, this is a sculpture of superior artistic and aesthetic quality, the sculpture was designed to be part of the street scene, its character unfolding to the view from different angles and distances.
Title

Theme and Variations

Date

1969–1972

Medium

bronze

Accession number

GL50_JC_S070

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

20th September 1972

Listing date

17/10/19

Access

at all times

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Located at

Clarence Street, Cheltenham

GL50 3JQ

Located at Cheltenham House (formerly Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society).