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Barbara Hepworth and The Tonsillectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2012

Kevin J Kane
Kevin J Kane*
Affiliation:
Nose and Sinus Clinic, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Address for correspondence: Dr Kevin J Kane, FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Eng) FRACSNose and Sinus Clinic, 166 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3002 Fax: +61 (03) 9372 8580 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Foundation, a major medical research foundation in Melbourne, has recently acquired a hitherto unknown and uncatalogued painting by Dame Barbara Hepworth, the celebrated British sculptor and artist. It is of the Foundation's nominal patron Garnett Passe performing a tonsillectomy, probably at the London Clinic, in 1948. This article gives an account of Barbara Hepworth and her relationships with Garnett Passe and Norman Capener, the two surgeons who introduced her to this subject and who led to the creation of this unique work of art.

Keywords

TonsillectomyGarnett PasseRodney WilliamsBarbara Hepworth
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 126 , Issue 7 , July 2012 , pp. 698 - 700
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2012

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References

1Booth, JB.Window on the Ear. Barbara Hepworth and the Fenestration Series of Drawings. J Laryngol Otol 2000;114(suppl 26):1–29CrossRefGoogle Scholar