Kenneth Armitage CBE, RA (1916 - 2002), Seated Group from Europäische Graphik I, 1960
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Lithograph in colours, on wove paper.
Signed, dated and numbered 60/300 in pencil by Kenneth Armitage.
Tate Britain holds an artist’s proof of this lithograph in their permanent collection.
Printed by Curwen Studio, with the Curwen Studio blindstamp, London, published by Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, framed.
Sheet 39.8 x 57.5cm (15 5/8 x 22 5/8in).
Framed 51 x 68.7cm (20 1/8 x 27 1/8in).
On the reverse is a typed gallery label from Gwen Hughes Fine Art and a handwritten stock label from Osborne Samuel Gallery.
Artwork comes framed, with anti-reflective, museum quality glass.
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A pivotal example of Kenneth Armitage’s exploration into post-war representations of the human form, situating the picture within European artistic developments of the time, notably the stylistic qualities of Lynn Chadwick, Reg Butler and Bernard Meadows.
Artwork is accompanied by an original essay, accessible via the image, or menu
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Kenneth Armitage CBE, RA (1916 -2002), Two Figures, 1953
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Lithograph in colours on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper.
Signed, dated and numbered 23/50 in pencil by Kenneth Armitage.
Sheet 50.5 x 30.2cm (19 7/8 x 11 7/8in).Currently being professionally framed to museum standard. Updated images to follow.
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Produced a year after Kenneth Armitage represented Britain at the 1952 Venice Biennale, an occasion that led art historian Herbert Read to coin the term ‘Geometry of Fear’ which would become a defining phrase associated with Britain’s leading artists of the era.
Artwork is accompanied by an original essay, accessible via the image, or menu
In person viewing is available, contact for more information