Square Forms and Circles
Square Forms and Circles is a large bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, made in 1963 in an edition of seven. Standing approximately 2.5 m high, it comprises several flat bronze plates that are rivetted or jointed together, all with a rough surface treatment and greenish patina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture at McGill University, Montreal
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Redpath Museum and McCord Stewart Museum.
Redpath Museum
Museum
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The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus on Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Redpath Museum is situated 180 metres south of Square Forms and Circles.
McCord Stewart Museum
Museum
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The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. McCord Stewart Museum is situated 340 metres southeast of Square Forms and Circles.
Redpath Hall
Library
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Redpath Hall is a historic building at 3461 McTavish Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the main campus of McGill University. It was originally the reading room of the Redpath Library, which opened in 1893 as McGill's first dedicated library building. Redpath Hall is situated 270 metres south of Square Forms and Circles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Montreal and Quartier des spectacles.
Downtown Montreal
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Downtown is the central business district of Montreal, and home to its largest concentration of museums, art galleries and shopping, and to the Mont-Royal Park and Montreal's Chinatown.
Quartier des spectacles
Neighborhood
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Quartier des Spectacles is an arts and entertainment district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal, designed as a centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals.
Old Montreal
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Old Montreal is what many visitors come to Montreal for: old cobblestoned streets lined with buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries, grand old French restaurants, history museums, and the riverfront Old Port.
Square Forms and Circles
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Ville-Marie, Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Southwestern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.50601° or 45° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-73.577° or 73° 34′ 37″ westInception
1963Open location code
87Q8GC4F+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 11837836602OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q37382144
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Square Forms and Circles” goes by many names.
- French: “Square Forms and Circles”
- Turkish: “Square Forms and Circles”
- “Square Forms and Circles”
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Highlights include James Square and Wilson Hall.
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