Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
Seated Woman with Square Head (Version B)
Lot Closed
March 15, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Kenneth Armitage, R.A.
1916 - 2002
Seated Woman with Square Head (Version B)
signed KA and numbered 4/6 (on the side of the base)
bronze
height: 60cm.; 23½in.; width: 23.5cm.; 9¼in.; depth: 30cm.; 11¾in.
Conceived in 1955 and cast by Susse Fondeur Paris in 1957, the present work is number 4 from the edition of 6, including one cast in the Tate, London.
We are grateful to James Scott for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Gimpel Fils, London, where acquired by a Private Collection, Santa Barbara, in the late 1960s
Acquired from the above by the late owner in May 2012
Acquired from the above by the late owner in May 2012
Roland Penrose, Kenneth Armitage, Bodensee-Verlag, Amriswil, 1960, illustrated plates 12 and 16 (another cast)
Norbert Lynton (ed.), Kenneth Armitage, Methuen, London, 1962, n.p.
Tamsyn Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, no. KA54, illustrated p. 46 (another cast)
Kenneth Armitage Sculptor: A Centenary Celebration, Sansom & Company, 2016, illustrated pl. 55, p. 82 (Tate cast)
James Scott and Claudia Milburn (eds.), The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, no. 58C
Norbert Lynton (ed.), Kenneth Armitage, Methuen, London, 1962, n.p.
Tamsyn Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, no. KA54, illustrated p. 46 (another cast)
Kenneth Armitage Sculptor: A Centenary Celebration, Sansom & Company, 2016, illustrated pl. 55, p. 82 (Tate cast)
James Scott and Claudia Milburn (eds.), The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, no. 58C
London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Recent Sculpture by Kenneth Armitage, October – November 1957, no. 12 illustrated, n.p. (another cast)
Venice, British Pavilion, Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, June – October 1958, no. 71 (another cast)
Antwerp, 5e Biennale voor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheimpark, May – September 1959 (another cast)
Kassel, Documenta, July – October 1959 (another cast)
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings Basedon the XXIX Venice Biennale of 1958, July – August 1959, no. 24 (another cast)
Venice, British Pavilion, Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, June – October 1958, no. 71 (another cast)
Antwerp, 5e Biennale voor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheimpark, May – September 1959 (another cast)
Kassel, Documenta, July – October 1959 (another cast)
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings Basedon the XXIX Venice Biennale of 1958, July – August 1959, no. 24 (another cast)