Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure Three
{{Short description|Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth}}
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| title = Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure 3
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| artist = Barbara Hepworth
| year = 1973
| type = bronze
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| width_imperial = 19
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| city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| museum = Lynden Sculpture Garden
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| owner = Bradley Family Foundation
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Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure Three is a public art work by English artist Barbara Hepworth located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite web | author=Bradley Family Foundation | year=2012 | title=Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure Three (sculpture) | work=Inventory of American Sculpture | publisher=Smithsonian Institution | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13X78E049969D.656&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!443219~!0&ri=4&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=magic+stones&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=4 | access-date=10 January 2013}} The sculpture is an abstract, totemic form made of bronze; it is installed on the lawn.{{cite web|title=Conversations with Magic Stones, Figure Three|url=http://lyndensculpturegarden.org/collection/conversations-magic-stones-figure-3|work=Collection|publisher=Lynden Sculpture Garden|access-date=10 January 2013}} Originally, this work was created as part of a multi-part sculpture with two other "figures" (vertical abstract bronze sculptures) and three "magic stones" (bronze eight-sided polyhedrons).{{Cite web |title=Conversation with Magic Stones |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/300 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=National Galleries of Scotland |language=en}} One of these other works, Conversations with Magic Stones (Magic Stone Three), is also installed at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.
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