Kenneth Armitage (British, 1916-2002) Standing Figure with Arms Sideways signed with initials 'KA' (on the base) bronze with a black patina 40.7 cm. (16 in.) high (including the base) Conceived in 1956-7 Footnotes: Provenance Private Collection, U.S.A. Exhibited Venice, British Pavilion, XXIX Venice Biennale, 1 June-30 September 1958, cat.no.29; this exhibition travelled to Paris, Musee National D'art Moderne, 22 November-21 December 1958, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 10 Jan 1959, Brussels, Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Bruxelles, 6 March-29 March 1959, Zurich, Kunsthaus, 10 April 1959, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, 2 June-30 June 1959 (another cast) London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Kenneth Armitage: Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, July–August 1959, cat.no.29 (another cast) Arts Council of Great Britain, Kenneth Armitage, Beirut, American University, 1961; this exhibition travelled to Greece 1961, Austria 1962, Spain 1963, Australia 1965, Singapore, 1968, Cuba 1970, Argentina 1971, Brazil, 1973, Norway 1974, Malaysia, 1975 (another cast) Arts Council of Great Britain, 40 Years of British Sculpture, Jordan, Amman, Jordan National Gallery, 1981; this exhibition travelled to Zimbabwe 1982, South Africa 1983, Yugoslavia 1986, Slovenia 1986, Turkey 1986, Greece 1987, Egypt 1988, Botswana 1988, Cyprus 1988, New Zealand 1989, Philippines 1990, Canada 1991-2, Estonia 1993, Riga 1993, Lithuania 1993, Ukraine 1994 (another cast) British Arts Council, A Changing World 50 Years of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, St Petersburg, 18 October-21 November 1994; this exhibition travelled to Moscow 28 April-28 May 1995, Prague, 27 June-30 September, Casablanca, 10 January-14 March 1996, Essen, 21 April-2 June 1996 (another cast) British Arts Council, Kenneth Armitage 1916-2002 Centenary Sculpture Exhibition, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 10 September-27 November 2016; this exhibition travelled to Leeds, Leeds University, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, 15 March-15 July 2017 (another cast) Literature Tamsyn Woollcombe, Kenneth Armitage, Life and Work, Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Much Hadham and London, 1997, p.144, cat.no.KA63 (as Standing Woman with Arms Sideways) James Scott, The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, Lund Humphries, London, 2016, p.44, 109 (ill.b&w., another cast) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com