The title of this work refers to Hepworth’s travels in Greece in August, 1954. Her son Paul had been killed in an air crash the previous year, and her friend Margaret Gardiner arranged the Greek trip to help her recover from the overwhelming grief. The travels revived Hepworth, and she later wrote that the ‘forms in Greece have been a constant source of inspiration.’ The title of this work refers to the island known today as Santorini, a volcanic site with a surging landscape of craters. Hepworth wrote: ‘[t]he indescribable beauty of Santorin and the height, breadth and depth and colour of Phira on the peak of the crater’s lip is not possible to take in from any photograph.’ The shapes in Drawing for Sculpture (Santorin) draw upon the curves of these craters and capture some of the vivid colours Hepworth saw in the volcanic rocks and flowers, several of which she pressed within the pages of her sketchbook.Pencil and crayon on paper. Presented to the Wakefield Art gallery by Mrs Hazel McKinley, 1956. Wakefield Permanent Art Collection (The Hepworth Wakefield) Barbara Hepworth © Bowness.