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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.)
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]
Standing Group
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