Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form
Single Form

© Bowness. Image credit: Vincenzo Albano / Art UK

How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

A freestanding, smooth-edged, flattened ovoid abstract form with a rippled surface, and a circular aperture off-centre near its head. This edition was cast in October 1963 to June 1964. It is a model of a larger piece that stands in front of the United Nations Secretariat building in New York.
Title

Single Form

Date

1961–1964

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 312 x W 200 x D 254 cm

Accession number

SW11_VA_S009

Acquisition method

model of a larger piece commissioned by the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

19/01/16

Access

at all times

Access note

open to the public

Signature/marks description

on the integral base: Barbara Hepworth / Oct 1961-Feb 1962

Inscription description

plaque adjacent to sculpture: SINGLE FORM / 1961–62 / DEDICATED TO / DAG HAMMARSKJOLD / BY BARBARA HEPWORTH

Tags

See a tag that’s incorrect or offensive? Challenge it and notify Art UK.

Help improve Art UK. Tag artworks and verify existing tags by joining the Tagger community.

Located at

Battersea Park, Carriage Drive South, Battersea

SW11 4HP

On grass on the southern side of the boating lake, Battersea Park.