Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale
Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale
Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
Rose-Red City (Version 1)
Lot Closed
June 30, 11:49 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
1916 - 2002
Rose-Red City (Version 1)
signed KA, dated 1981-2 and inscribed '(Di) (on the reverse)
bronze
height: 28.5cm.; 11¼in.
width: 41cm.; 16¼in.
Conceived in 1981 and cast in January/February 1982, the present work is unique.
The Taranman Gallery
Acquired directly from the Artist by the previous owner, and thence by descent
Their sale, Christie's South Kensington, 12 December 2014, lot 129, where acquired by the present owner
Tamsyn Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, no. KA249, illustrated p. 79
James Scott and Claudia Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, fig. 46, illustrated p. 75, no. 261, illustrated p. 183
James Scott and Claudia Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, fig. 46, illustrated p. 75, no. 261, illustrated p. 183
London, Taranman Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: New Sculpture and Collages, January 1982, no. 4