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Kenneth Armitage (British, 1916-2002) Arm (Small Model) 25cm (9 13/16in) high including base; 22cm (8 11/16in) high excluding base (Conceived in 1967-68) image 1
Kenneth Armitage (British, 1916-2002) Arm (Small Model) 25cm (9 13/16in) high including base; 22cm (8 11/16in) high excluding base (Conceived in 1967-68) image 2
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Kenneth Armitage
(British, 1916-2002)
Arm (Small Model) 25cm (9 13/16in) high including base; 22cm (8 11/16in) high excluding base

16 July 2025, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Kenneth Armitage (British, 1916-2002)

Arm (Small Model)
bronze with a black patina, on a marble base
25cm (9 13/16in) high including base; 22cm (8 11/16in) high excluding base
Conceived in 1967-68

Footnotes

Provenance
With Alvin Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 1985
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Norwich, Castle Museum, Kenneth Armitage: An Arts Council Exhibition, 16 December 1972-14 January 1973, this exhibition travelled to Bolton, Oldham Kettering, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Llanelli, Leeds and Hull

Literature
K. Armitage, A. Bowness and T. Woollcoombe, Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 1997, p. 146, no. KA162
A. Elliot and J. McEwen, Kenneth Armitage, Sculptor A Centenary Celebration, Sansom and Company, Bristol, 2016, p. 102, pl. 80, illustrated
J. Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, p. 150, no. 176, illustrated

When describing his inspiration for the 'Arm' sculptures, Kenneth Armitage refers to how his eye 'suddenly caught sight of this fragment of a colossal statue, part of a forearm, resting on two blocks' whilst visiting the British Museum. The resulting sculptures are described in Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work as marking the beginning of a shift away from Armitage's Epstein influenced bronzes, towards a more contemporary, geometric style. (K. Armitage, A. Bowness and T. Woollcoombe, Kenneth Armitage: Life and Work, Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 1997, pp. 96 and 99)

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