Kenneth Armitage

Tamsyn Woollcombe (ed.) in association with the artist, Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, KA194, p.117, illustrated (another cast).

There are a few spots of paint loss and abrasions to the surface of the paint, particularly on the hood of the figure and on the edge of the sheet of aluminium. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work. We are grateful to The Estate of Kenneth Armitage for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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The present work is a variant in Armitage's edition of Bernadette going to Wales, as other works in the edition are plain aluminium. 

We are grateful to the Estate of Kenneth Armitage for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.