Kenneth Armitage

British | 1916 - 2002

Kenneth Armitage was a British Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1916. His work is currently being shown at Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Marlborough, London have featured Kenneth Armitage's work in the past.Kenneth Armitage's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 291,111 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 291,111 USD for Family Going for a Walk, sold at Sotheby's London in 2008. Kenneth Armitage has been featured in articles for Culture24, ArtLyst and Art Market Monitor. The most recent article is Architectural Heritage Opens Summer Exhibition of Modern British Sculpture & Drawings by Sculptors written for ArtDaily in June 2019. The artist died in 2002.

FIGURE LYING ON ITS SIDE (VERSION 3) - Kenneth Armitage

FIGURE LYING ON ITS SIDE (VERSION 3), 1957

bronze

length: 79cm

Friends Walking, 1952

bronze with a dark brown patina

24¾ in. (62.9 cm.) wide

SEATED WOMAN WITH SQUARE HEAD (VERSION A) - Kenneth Armitage

SEATED WOMAN WITH SQUARE HEAD (VERSION A), Conceived in 1955 and cast in 1985

bronze

height: 60.5cm

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Untitled

By Kenneth Armitage

-38%

below mid-estimate

Lots Road Auctions

Study for Seated Figures

By Kenneth Armitage

+2%

above mid-estimate

Bonhams Knightsbridge

Moon Figure

By Kenneth Armitage

-15%

below mid-estimate

Christie's London

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Current Exhibitions

Friends In Love And War

Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art

Lyon | France

Mar 08,2024 - Jul 07,2024

Past Exhibitions

ONLINE: A Century of British Art 1911 - 2011

Piano Nobile London

Notting Hill | London | UK

Nov 01,2023 - Jan 26,2024

Make it New: Modern British Art

Osborne Samuel Gallery

Mayfair | London | UK

Oct 18,2023 - Nov 10,2023

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Articles

Architectural Heritage Opens Summer Exhibition of Modern British Sculpture & Drawings by Sculptors

ArtDaily 13/06/2019

An Exhibition – my first here at Taddington and I believe, without conscious thought, an event that I have been working towards for many years.

Sculptural Drawings Open up the Hallowed Doors of the Royal Society of Sculptors 1

Culture24 17/05/2019

The Royal Society of Sculptors in London launches an exhibition exploring sculpture and drawing as part of their mission to welcome the public through their doors

PalaisPopulaire Exhibits 'Objects of Wonder British Sculpture from the Tate Collection, 1950s - Present'

ArtDaily 07/02/2019

Comprising around seventy masterpieces from Tate’s collection, Objects of Wonder shows how British artists have revolutionized contemporary sculpture since the middle of the twentieth century.

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