Lot Essay
We are very grateful to James Scott for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Children Playing
Details
Kenneth Armitage, R.A. (1916-2002)
Children Playing
numbered '3' (on the reverse)
bronze with a dark grey patina
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) wide, excluding marble base
Conceived in 1953 and cast in an edition of 6.
Children Playing
numbered '3' (on the reverse)
bronze with a dark grey patina
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) wide, excluding marble base
Conceived in 1953 and cast in an edition of 6.
Provenance
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner's family in 1965.
Literature
N. Lynton, Kenneth Armitage, London, 1962, n.p., another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage, Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, 1972, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage; 80th Birthday Survey, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1981, p. 3, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
T. Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, p. 36, no. KA31, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture & Drawing, London, Jonathan Clark, 2001, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.
J. Scott and C. Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, p. 100, no. 44, another cast illustrated.
J. McEwen (intro.), Kenneth Armitage Sculptor A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, p. 27, pl. 16, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage, Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, 1972, n.p., no. 3, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage; 80th Birthday Survey, Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1981, p. 3, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
T. Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, p. 36, no. KA31, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture & Drawing, London, Jonathan Clark, 2001, n.p., no. 9, another cast illustrated.
J. Scott and C. Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, p. 100, no. 44, another cast illustrated.
J. McEwen (intro.), Kenneth Armitage Sculptor A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, p. 27, pl. 16, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: a retrospective exhibition based upon the XXIX Venice Biennale of 1958, July - August 1959, no. 15, another cast exhibited.
Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, December - January 1972, no. 3, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, January - February 1973; Oldham, City Art Gallery, February - March 1973; Kettering, City Art Gallery, March - April 1973; Nottingham, Victoria Street Gallery, April - May 1973; Portsmouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1973; Plymouth, City Art Gallery, June - July 1973; Llanelli, City Museum and Art Gallery, August - September 1973; Leeds, City Art Gallery, September 1973; and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, October 1973.
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Kenneth Armitage; 80th Birthday Survey, June - September 1981, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, Jonathan Clark, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture & Drawing, March - April 2001, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, December - January 1972, no. 3, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, January - February 1973; Oldham, City Art Gallery, February - March 1973; Kettering, City Art Gallery, March - April 1973; Nottingham, Victoria Street Gallery, April - May 1973; Portsmouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1973; Plymouth, City Art Gallery, June - July 1973; Llanelli, City Museum and Art Gallery, August - September 1973; Leeds, City Art Gallery, September 1973; and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, October 1973.
Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Kenneth Armitage; 80th Birthday Survey, June - September 1981, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, Jonathan Clark, Kenneth Armitage: 60 Years of Sculpture & Drawing, March - April 2001, no. 9, another cast exhibited.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Angus Granlund
We are very grateful to James Scott for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.