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

Lot 133
20.10.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 40 320
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ID 831280
Lot 133 | KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. (1916-2002)

Two Seated Figures (small version B with crossed arms)

bronze with a black patina

16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) long

Conceived in 1957.





Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased in 1959, and by descent.



Literature

T. Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, p. 144, no. KA70.

J. Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, p. 111, no. 71, plaster version illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, July - August 1959, no. 33, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kenneth Armitage/Lynn Chadwick, April - May 1960, no. 16, another cast exhibited, as 'Two seated figures (small model)', catalogue not traced.

Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, December 1972 - January 1973, no. 9, 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.



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