# Sphere with Inner Form > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sphere_with_Inner_Form > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sphere_with_Inner_Form.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_with_Inner_Form > Source revision: 1083395270 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} [[File:Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, St Ives - geograph.org.uk - 11244.jpg|thumb|300px|''Sphere with Inner Form'' at the [Barbara Hepworth Museum](/source/Barbara_Hepworth_Museum) in [St Ives, Cornwall](/source/St_Ives%2C_Cornwall), with [Two Forms (Divided Circle)](/source/Two_Forms_(Divided_Circle)) behind]] '''''Sphere with Inner Form''''' (BH 333) is a [bronze](/source/bronze) sculpture by English artist [Barbara Hepworth](/source/Barbara_Hepworth), with six castings made in 1963 and two more 1965. It is sometimes interpreted as a child in a pregnant woman's womb, or as a metaphor for the creation of a sculpture. The sculpture is on one of Hepworth's favourite themes, enclosure of space. The work has a smooth spherical bronze shell resting on a square bronze base, with three large rounded openings presenting a view of an irregular pierced bronze shape enclosed within. The brown polished outer surface of the sphere contrasts with the greenish patina inside. Hepworth said in her autobiography "There is an inside and outside to every form ... a nut in its shell or of a child in the womb". Hepworth first carved a plaster form on an aluminium [armature](/source/Armature_(sculpture)) to create a mould for the sculpture. Six copies were cast at the [Art Bronze Foundry](/source/Art_Bronze_Foundry) in London in 1963, with an additional seventh copy for sale and one for the artist herself made in 1965. The outer shell was cast in pieces, with a welded joint over the top, and another weld to connect the sphere to the base. The spherical element measures {{convert|90.0|*|90.0|*|88.5|cm|in}} standing on a square bronze base which measures {{convert|7.5|*|59.5|*|59.5|cm|in}}. Hepworth donated a one copy of the work (cast 6/7) to an auction for the benefit of the [Institute of Contemporary Arts](/source/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts) in 1966. Hepworth's executors donated the artist's copy (cast 0/7) to the [Tate Gallery](/source/Tate_Gallery) 1980, in accordance with Hepworth's wishes. It is exhibited at the [Barbara Hepworth Museum](/source/Barbara_Hepworth_Museum) in [St Ives, Cornwall](/source/St_Ives%2C_Cornwall). Other examples are exhibited at the [Kröller-Müller Museum](/source/Kr%C3%B6ller-M%C3%BCller_Museum) in [Otterlo](/source/Otterlo) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) (cast 4/7) and the [Whitworth Art Gallery](/source/Whitworth_Art_Gallery) in [Manchester](/source/Manchester) (cast 7/7). File:Hepworth circles fuschia.jpg|[Barbara Hepworth Museum](/source/Barbara_Hepworth_Museum), [St Ives, Cornwall](/source/St_Ives%2C_Cornwall) File:Kroller muller museum.JPG|[Kröller-Müller Museum](/source/Kr%C3%B6ller-M%C3%BCller_Museum), [Otterlo](/source/Otterlo), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) File:KMM Hepworth Sphere with inner form.JPG| KMM Sculpturepark, Netherlands ==References== * [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hepworth-sphere-with-inner-form-t03146 ''Sphere with Inner Form''], Tate Gallery ** [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hepworth-sphere-with-inner-form-t03146/text-catalogue-entry Catalogue entry] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=UzC8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA46 Exhibiting Gender], Sarah Hyde, p. 46 * [http://www.kmm.nl/object/KM%20122.838/Sphere-with-inner-form?lang=en ''Sphere with Inner Form''], Kröller-Müller Museum * [http://emu.man.ac.uk/emuwebwag/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=5603&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=17945 ''Sphere with Inner Form''], Whitworth Art Gallery {{Barbara Hepworth}} {{commons category|Sphere with Inner Form|''Sphere with Inner Form''}} Category:1963 sculptures Category:Bronze sculptures in the United Kingdom Category:Modernist sculpture Category:Sculptures by Barbara Hepworth Category:Outdoor sculptures in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sphere with Inner Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_with_Inner_Form) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_with_Inner_Form?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.