Ascending Form (Gloria) is based on two diamond shapes, a larger sitting on top of a smaller with the outlines delineated by flat planes inside the form. The larger form seems to emerge from the smaller, suggesting growth and upward movement. Several critics have interpreted the shape as a pair of hands in prayer, a reading reinforced by Hepworth’s renewed spirituality during this period of her life following the death of her son, Paul, in 1953.

This artwork is located at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.