Study for Seated Figures
38.1 cms x 43.2 cms (15 ins x 17 ins)
Signed and dated 1960 lower right; titled "two figures" on two gallery labels and a letter on the reverse
drawn in 1960
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Apr 22, 2025.
Lot 47663
Lot 47663
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $2,520
Realised: CAD $2,520
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Collection of the Art Gallery of Toronto
Estate of Robert Noakes
Exhibitions:
"Recent Sculpture Exhibition for Commonwealth Countries", The British Council, London, 1961/1963, no. 13 as "Two figures"
Notes:
British artist Kenneth Armitage was known for his semi-abstract bronze sculptures and for being part of the great renaissance of British sculpture in the early post-war period. Born in 1916 in Leeds, he attended the Leeds College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. After serving in the army in World War II, Armitage became the head of sculpture at the Bath Academy of Art from 1946 and 1956. It was considered one of the most innovative art schools in Britain at the time. The method of bronze casting had been in severe decline because of the austerity of the post-war years; Armitage was instrumental in a foundry being built nearby so that students and staff could learn, work and collaborate.
Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Collection of the Art Gallery of Toronto
Estate of Robert Noakes
Exhibitions:
"Recent Sculpture Exhibition for Commonwealth Countries", The British Council, London, 1961/1963, no. 13 as "Two figures"
Notes:
British artist Kenneth Armitage was known for his semi-abstract bronze sculptures and for being part of the great renaissance of British sculpture in the early post-war period. Born in 1916 in Leeds, he attended the Leeds College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. After serving in the army in World War II, Armitage became the head of sculpture at the Bath Academy of Art from 1946 and 1956. It was considered one of the most innovative art schools in Britain at the time. The method of bronze casting had been in severe decline because of the austerity of the post-war years; Armitage was instrumental in a foundry being built nearby so that students and staff could learn, work and collaborate.
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