Kenneth Armitage British, 1916-2002
Friends Walking, 1952
bronze with a green and brown patina
24 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 4 in
62.9 x 62.2 x 10.2 cm
62.9 x 62.2 x 10.2 cm
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Provenance
Gimpel Fils, LondonThe Estate of Mrs William A.M. Burden
Connaught Brown, London
Private Collection, London
Exhibitions
Venice, British Council, British Pavilion, XXIX Biennale: Kenneth Armitage, S.W. Hayter and William Scott, Summer 1958, no. 62, another cast exhibited.London, British Council, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings based upon the XXIX Venice Biennale of 1958, July - August 1959, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, December - January 1972, no. 2, 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.
West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Kenneth Armitage: 80th Birthday Survey, June - September 1996, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage, Norwich, Arts Council of Great Britain, Castle Museum, 1972, n.p., no. 2, another cast illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Armitage: 80th Birthday Survey, West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1996, p. 2, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
T. Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, London, 1997, pp. 32-33, no. KA26, another cast illustrated.
A. Elliot (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Sculptor: A Centenary Celebration, Bristol, 2016, pp. 60-61, pls. 31-32, another cast illustrated.
J. Scott and C. Milburn, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, London, 2016, pp. 7, 37, 49, 96, no. 27, another cast illustrated.
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