Label Text[Armitages's] figures are almost abstract using the flat slabs of cast bronze to represent the body and indicating heads, arms, and legs in a thoroughly abstrract and disproportionate manner. He attains an individual chiaroscuro through the juxtaposition of his flat planes which emphasizes the personal quality of his style. Source: Bulletin, August 1960.
Exhibition History"20th Century Art from Iowa Collections," Scheaffer Gallery, Grinnell College, Mar. 28 - Apr. 29, 1966
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"A Decade in Review," DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Mass., 1958
Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, 1957
Syracuse University, Joe & Emily Lowe Art Gallery, N.Y., 1956
"The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y., Jan. 8 - 29, 1956 (circulated to the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Feb. 3 - 24, 1956)
"United Nations Anniversary Exhibition," San Francisco Museum, 1955
"Kenneth Armitage, Bronzes and Drawings," Bertha Schaefer Gallery, N.Y., 1954
Venice Biennale, 1952
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, a catalog of selections from the permanent collection published in 1985, cat. ref. p.23
"20th Century Art from Iowa Collections," Scheaffer Gallery, Grinnell College, 1966, cat. no. 1
"The Figure In Contemporary Sculpture," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N. Y., 1956, cat. no.3, ill.
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960 (ill.)
DMAC Bulletin, Aug. 1960 (ill.)
Exhibition History"20th Century Art from Iowa Collections," Scheaffer Gallery, Grinnell College, Mar. 28 - Apr. 29, 1966
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"A Decade in Review," DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Mass., 1958
Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, 1957
Syracuse University, Joe & Emily Lowe Art Gallery, N.Y., 1956
"The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y., Jan. 8 - 29, 1956 (circulated to the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Feb. 3 - 24, 1956)
"United Nations Anniversary Exhibition," San Francisco Museum, 1955
"Kenneth Armitage, Bronzes and Drawings," Bertha Schaefer Gallery, N.Y., 1954
Venice Biennale, 1952
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, a catalog of selections from the permanent collection published in 1985, cat. ref. p.23
"20th Century Art from Iowa Collections," Scheaffer Gallery, Grinnell College, 1966, cat. no. 1
"The Figure In Contemporary Sculpture," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N. Y., 1956, cat. no.3, ill.
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960 (ill.)
DMAC Bulletin, Aug. 1960 (ill.)
DimensionsOverall: 28 × 30 in. (71.1 × 76.2 cm)
Accession Number 1960.19
Classificationssculpture
EditionFirst version/Unique cast
ProvenanceArtist; (Gimpel Fils, London); (Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York [acquired by 1954]); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1960]
