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

Lot 172
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Lot 172 | KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)

Moon Figure

signed with initials, numbered, dated and stamped with foundry mark 'KA 75/ 3 / 6' (at the base)

bronze with a dark brown patina

33 in. (83.8 cm.) high

Conceived in 1948 and cast in 1975 by Guss H. Noack, Berlin.





Literature

N. Lynton, Kenneth Armitage, London, 1962, n.p., another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Corsham A Celebration The Bath Academy of Art 1946-71, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 1988, n.p., no. 1, plaster illustrated.

T. Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, p. 24, no. KA4, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture and Drawing, London, Jonathan Clark Fine Art, 2001, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.

J. Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, p. 90, no. 3, another cast illustrated.

A. Elliot (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Sculptor: A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, p. 11, pl. 4, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, July - August 1959, no. 1, as 'Pink Bust', plaster exhibited.

Paris, Artcurial, Kenneth Armitage Sculptures et Dessins 1948-1984, May - July 1985, no. 2, another cast exhibited.

Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, Corsham A Celebration The Bath Academy of Art 1946-71, December 1988 - January 1989, no. 1, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Brighton, Polytechnic Gallery, January - February 1989; and London, Michael Parkin Gallery, February - March 1989.

Salisbury, New Art Centre, Kenneth Armitage, April - July 2005, another cast exhibited.

London, Jonathan Clark Fine Art, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture and Drawing, March - April 2001, no. 3, another cast exhibited.



Further details

We are very grateful to James Scott for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Artist:William Kenneth Armitage (1916 - 2002)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Israel, Asia
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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