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Drawing showing showing four people sitting on a sofa. The man is reading to three children with the book on his lap. From left to right there is a boy, the father, a girl holding a cat in her arms and another boy. The children are triplets aged around 7 years old. The drawing is done in red, blue and black. Add to board
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The Poet Reading to his Children by Barbara Hepworth, 1948

In this drawing Barbara Hepworth shows a very domestic and intimate scene of family life, with a father reading to his three children. What does the illustration suggest about the experience of reading and listening at 'story-time' and the real and imaginative world?

Oil and pencil on board.

Bought by the Leeds Art Fund, 1948. Leeds Art Gallery. LEEAG.PA.1948.0032

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