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1964 establishments in New York City1964 sculpturesBronze sculptures in New York CityGrade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of WandsworthHeadquarters of the United Nations
Monuments and memorials in LondonMonuments and memorials in ManhattanOutdoor sculptures in LondonSculptures by Barbara HepworthTurtle Bay, ManhattanUnited Nations art collection
Single Form, UNO New York
Single Form, UNO New York

Single Form (BH 325) is a monumental bronze sculpture by the British artist Barbara Hepworth. It is her largest work, and one of her most prominent public commissions, displayed since 1964 in a circular water feature that forms a traffic island at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, outside the United Nations Secretariat Building and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. It is also the largest artwork cast by the Morris Singer foundry. Copies of a smaller version, Single Form (Memorial) (BH 314), are on public display outside the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. and in Battersea Park in London. The version in Battersea Park was granted a Grade II* listing in January 2016.

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