July Figure (Version 2) (1978-85)

Kenneth Armitage

bronze

Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Bronze

Dimensions:

83 x 21 x 50 cm

Accession Number:

WAKGM : A2.110

Credit:

Donated by Eric and Jean Cass through the Contemporary Art Society, 2012

Scheme:

Eric and Jean Cass Gift (2010 - 2012)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Beaux Arts, Bath by Eric and Jean Cass; by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society, 2012; presented to The Hepworth Wakefield, 201215 April 1987

Relationship:

Beaux Arts Bath The Hepworth Wakefield Eric and Jean Cass

The expressive qualities in Kenneth Armitage's figures invariably are shown through the way in which he articulates the hands and arms - an open or closed fist, the arms crossed or extended. Of the series of July figures - there are four versions - Armitage wrote: ".. a series of figures that are different from others: they don't combine geometry and I call them the July figures, They were made from 1975 to 1982 and were all standing figures with one feature in common: the forearms were sticking out in front. The reason for this was that we had heatwaves for several summers; it was so hot that I noticed I was walking round the studio sticking out my arms rather than folding them. My sculptures followed that; they were bronze figures with black hair."

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