The major figures were Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and the young David Hockney.
He also lavished them with catalog descriptions fit for MoMA, comparing one upright piece to the sculpture of Barbara Hepworth.
Take the recently opened Turner Contemporary in Margate for example (designed by David Chipperfield as is The Hepworth).
It contains dozens of Hepworth's works and prototypes as well as pieces by Henry Moore and JMW Turner.
Jonny Hepworth scored Leeds' only try of the game, while fly-half Jason Strange added 14 points with the boot.
Leeds led 18-10 at half-time with tries from Lee Blackett and Jonny Hepworth.
Gary Brown (three), Bryce Williams, Felipe Contepomi, Denis Hickie, Rob Kearney, John Hepworth and replacement Niall Ronan all got touchdowns.
The Hepworth opened in May and is named after sculptor Barbara Hepworth, who lived in Wakefield until the age of 18.
Located just outside Hepworth village, The Hepworth overlooks the Holme Valley in Yorkshire, where much of Last of the Summer Wine was filmed.
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But Rovers bounced back with tries from Jon Grayshon, Bryn Powell (2), Liam Flynn (2), Andy Kain, Andy Bostock, Sam Smeaton and Jonny Hepworth.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Hepworth gallery are highlighted in the October edition of Bell'Europa, a Milan-based magazine with a readership of 300, 000.
It's certainly the thinking behind The Hepworth, which should also succeed.
As Borders' heads dropped, tries followed for Kearney, Ronan and centre Hepworth, the former Leeds and Castleford rugby league player registering his first try for Leinster.
These include pieces by important 20th-century masters: Gaston Lachaise, Constantin Brancusi, Jacques Lipchitz, Barbara Hepworth, Isamu Noguchi, Claes Oldenburg, George Rickey, Richard Serra, David Smith, Mark di Suvero.
The gambit worked, and not only because the marketing was good but also because there was some truth in it: The upright meteorite was aesthetically as compelling as a Hepworth.
The Samian Sibyl by Italian 17th Century master Guernico has been allocated to the National Gallery, while four sculptures and three paper works by Barbara Hepworth have also been donated.
Some of which has come from the now defunct Wakefield Gallery, but many others have come from St Ives in Cornwall where the Wakefield-born Hepworth settled after a spell in London.
Not only is it another excellent building (not quite as magical as Turner Contemporary in my view) but it also has the advantage of a stellar permanent collection of Dame Barbara Hepworth's sculptures.
With an expected 200, 000 visitors a year and enjoying close ties with the Arts Council and the Tate Gallery, the Hepworth Wakefield looks set to be a major pull for art lovers not only in West Yorkshire but also far beyond.
As well as playing host to many works by Barbara Hepworth - together with equally-famous local lad Henry Moore - the gallery will also be the new home for Wakefield's art collection which, until recently, was held in a small Victorian town house on the other side of the city.
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