Monolith (Empyrean) Sculpture In Grounds Of Kenwood is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. Sculpture.

Monolith (Empyrean) Sculpture In Grounds Of Kenwood

WRENN ID
silver-chimney-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1998
Type
Sculpture
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CAMDEN

TQ2787SW HAMPSTEAD LANE 798-1/3/1897 (South side) 15/04/98 Monolith (Empyrean) sculpture in grounds of Kenwood

GV II

Vertical abstract sculpture. 1953 by Barbara Hepworth for the London County Council, originally situated on the South Bank and moved to Kenwood in 1963. Carved limestone, nearly nine feet high. A vertical pierced slab. In the early 1950s Hepworth reached maturity as a sculptor, and this is a good and early example of her interest in standing stones set in the landscape. It has also been suggested that it commemorates the death of Hepworth's son, Paul Skeaping, killed flying for the RAF in Malaya in 1953. It relates well to its setting at Kenwood.

Listing NGR: TQ2693987381

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