ID 491319
Lot 111 | KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Standing Figure with Arms Sideways
signed with initials 'KA' (on the base)
bronze with a black and dark green patina
16 in. (41.2 cm.) high
Conceived in 1956-57 and cast by Galizia Foundry, London.
Literature
T. Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, p. 144, no. KA63, as 'Standing Woman with Arms Sideways'.
J. Scott and C. Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, pp. 44, 109, no. 64, another cast illustrated.
A. Elliott (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Sculptor: A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, pp. 14, 81, pl. 54, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Venice, British Pavilion, XXIX Venice Biennale, June - September 1958, no. 29, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, November - December 1958; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, January 1959; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, March 1959; Zurich, Kunsthaus, April 1959; and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, June 1959.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings based upon the XXIX Venice Biennale of 1958, July - August 1959, no. 29, another cast exhibited.
Beirut, British Council, American University, Recent British Sculpture: Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Hubert Dalwood, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi, 1961, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Greece, 1961; Austria, 1962; Spain, 1963; Australia, 1965; Singapore, 1968; Cuba, 1970; Argentina, 1971; Brazil, 1973; Norway, 1974; and Malaysia, 1975.
Jordan, Amman, British Council, Jordan National Gallery, 40 Years of British Sculpture, 1981, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Zimbabwe, 1982; South Africa, 1983; Yugoslavia, 1986; Slovenia, 1986; Turkey, 1986; Greece, 1987; Egypt, 1988; Botswana 1988, Cyprus, 1988; New Zealand, 1989; Philippines, 1990; Canada, 1991-1992; Estonia, 1993; Riga, 1993; Lithuania, 1993; and Ukraine, 1994.
St Petersburg, British Council, A Changing World 50 Years of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, October - November 1994, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Moscow, April - May 1995; Prague, June - September 1995; Casablanca, January - March 1996; and Essen, April - June 1996.
Bath, British Council, Victoria Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage 1916-2002 Centenary Sculpture Exhibition, September - November 2016, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, Leeds University, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, March - July 2017.
Special Notice
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