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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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