Contrapunctal Forms

Contrapunctal Forms

Contrapunctal Forms (BH 165) is a stone sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, one of her first public commissions, made in 1950-51 for the Festival of Britain and installed outside the Dome of Discovery. It was one of two Hepworth commissions for the Festival: the other was an abstract rotating sculpture, Turning Forms.

The work stands 10 feet (3.0 m) high. It is made from blue limestone from County Galway, Ireland, and depicts two abstracted standing figures. The sculpture was commissioned by the Arts Council, who presented it to the new town of Harlow in Essex in 1953. It was the first artwork acquired (though not the first commissioned) by the Harlow Arts Trust, and it is still sited at Glebelands in Harlow.

The sculpture became a Grade II listed building in April 1998.

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Coordinates: 51°46′45″N 0°06′45″E / 51.77911°N 0.11255°E / 51.77911; 0.11255

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