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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

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Sculpture

Female torso, 1913 (posthumous cast, 1976)

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Cast of white marble chips in resin
250 x 100 x 80 mm
HGB 145
On display

About the artist

Born 1891 – Died 1915

Henri Gaudier was born in Saint-Jean-de-Braye, near Orléans, in France. He first came to Britain in 1908.

Read the full biography

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