A beautiful, choice, focussed exhibition at Hazlitt Holland Hibbert of the artistic, as well as personal, relationship between Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson at 7, The Mall Studios, after they had met on holiday in September 1931, beginning with Nicholson’s 1932 (crowned head – the queen):-

Alongside Hepworth’s Two Heads (1932):-

1933 (girl at mirror):-

Through to the more abstract Two Forms (1935):-

Some really beautiful work from the mid-30s, including small work and drawings.

1934 (act drop curtain for Beethoven’s 7th. symphony ballet):-

1934 (painted relief):-

A family album:-

And a catalogue of their joint exhibition at Alex. Reid & Lefevre:-