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Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
- Square Figure Relief
- bronze
- 102.5 by 68.5 by 16cm.; 40¼ by 27 by 6¼in.
- Conceived in 1954 and cast in an edition of 3.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in the late 1990s
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Decade, 22 European Painters and Sculptors, 10th May - 7th August 1955, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated (another cast);
New York, Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, 1956, (another cast);
Venice, British Pavilion, Kenneth Armitage, S.W. Hayter & William Scott 1958, XXIX Venice Biennale, 1958, cat. no.67 (another cast) with tour to Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Kunsthaus, Zurich, and Boymans Museum, Rotterdam;
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, July - August 1959, cat. no.18 (another cast).
New York, Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, 1956, (another cast);
Venice, British Pavilion, Kenneth Armitage, S.W. Hayter & William Scott 1958, XXIX Venice Biennale, 1958, cat. no.67 (another cast) with tour to Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Kunsthaus, Zurich, and Boymans Museum, Rotterdam;
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage, July - August 1959, cat. no.18 (another cast).
Literature
Art News, LIV (Summer 1955), p.39;
Tamsyn Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage, Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, cat. no.48.
Tamsyn Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage, Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, cat. no.48.
Condition
Structurally sound. There are minor traces of light surface dirt, casting residue and very minor oxidisation and mild verdigris apparent to some of the crevices upon close inspection. There is an uneven wax visible to the patina in the bottom left hand corner and in further, isolated areas, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition.
Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
We are grateful to Tamsyn Woollcombe for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Another cast of the present work is in the collection of Tate, London (acquired 1958).