Property from a European Collector
KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A. | THE FOREST
Auction Closed
November 20, 12:36 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
KENNETH ARMITAGE, R.A.
1916-2002
THE FOREST
stamped with initials, dated 1965/89 and numbered 3/5
bronze
height: 157cm.; 61¾in.
Conceived in 1965 and cast in 1989, the present work is number 3 from the edition of 5.
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Private Collection, Tokyo, from whom acquired by the previous owner in 2005
Their sale, Christie's London, 11th July 2013, lot 173, where acquired by the present owner
Norwich, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage, 16th December 1972 - 14th January 1973, cat. no.20, illustrated (another cast, lent by Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd), with tour to Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton; Art Gallery, Oldham; Art Gallery, Kettering; Victoria Street Gallery, Nottingham; Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth; City Art Gallery, Plymouth; Museum and Art Gallery, Llanelli; City Art Gallery, Leeds; and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.
Tamsyn Woollcombe (ed.), Kenneth Armitage Life and Work, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1997, cat. no.KA154, illustrated p.89 (another cast);
James Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, cat. no.153, illustrated p.143 (another cast).