Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943, painted wood and strings.Created under astonishing circumstances during the Second World War, Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) marks a breakthrough in Barbara Hepworths career; it is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by Hepworth during the 1940s, and one of the first major wood carvings she made using strings. In private ownership and rarely seen by the public, in early 2025 the sculpture was deemed a national treasure and too important