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KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)

Lot 254
19.10.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 30 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 254 | KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)

The Forest

signed with initials 'KA' (at the base of the vertical element), signed with initials again, numbered and dated 'KA 1965⁄86 2⁄5' (at the edge of the base)

bronze with a black patina

63 ½ in. (161.2 cm.) high

Conceived in 1965 and cast in 1986 by Hermann Noack, Berlin.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 October 1996, lot 63.

Private collection, UK.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage, London, Marlborough New London Gallery, 1965, n.p., no. 28, another cast illustrated.

T. Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, Much Hadham, 1997, pp. 89, 146, no. KA154, another cast illustrated.

A. Elliott (ed.), with J. McEwen, J. Wood, J. Benington & T. Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage Sculptor; A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, p. 25, another cast illustrated.

J. Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, p. 143, no. 153, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, April 1965, no. 28, another cast illustrated.

Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, December 1972 - January 1973, no. 20, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, January - February 1973; Oldham, Art Gallery, February - March 1973; Kettering, Art Gallery, March - April 1973; Nottingham, Victoria Street Gallery, April - May 1973; Portsmouth, Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1973; Plymouth, City Art Gallery, June - July 1973; Llanelli, Museum and Art Gallery, August - September 1973; Leeds, City Art Gallery, September 1973; and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, October 1973.

Stoke-on-Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: Richmond Oaks and other works, 1980, no. 33, another cast exhibited.
Artist:William Kenneth Armitage (1916 - 2002)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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