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Ancestor I from The Family of Man, by Barbara Hepworth

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An image of Ancestor I from The Family of Man. Hepworth, Barbara (British, 1903-1975). Bronze, cast, and patinated, height (whole) 277.0 cm, 1970.

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Ancestor I from The Family of Man. Hepworth, Barbara (British, 1903-1975). Bronze, cast, and patinated, height (whole) 277.0 cm, 1970.

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  • Accession Number: M.13-2000
  • © The estate of Barbara Hepworth/Sophie Bowness. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 833 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 180.66kB

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20th Century _WF_Copyright ancestor ancestors Barbara Hepworth British bronze cast English family family of man Fitz_AA patina patinated patination sculpture

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