British Sculpture: Post-War

9 January - 15 February 2014

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title">Untitled, 1957</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Monitor</em>, 1961</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Henry Moore</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Reclining Figure</em>, 1975</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Henry Moore</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Maquette for Draped Reclining Figure</em>, 1952</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Henry Moore</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Reclining figures</em>, 1931</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Henry Moore</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Draped Reclining Figure in a Landscape</em>, c. 1973/77</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Eduardo Paolozzi</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Bronze man</em>, c. 1950</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Robert Adams</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Curved Forms, Opus 113</em>, 1960</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Robert Adams</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawing of curved forms with a tendril of ivy, opus 113</em>, 1960</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Reg Butler</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Circe Head</em>, 1953</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Lynn Chadwick</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Folded Winged Figure</em>, 1968</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawing for sculpture</em>, 1956</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawing for sculpture</em>, 1955</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>William Turnbull</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Head</em>, 1955</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>William Turnbull</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Male & Female</em>, 1954</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>William Turnbull</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Self-portrait</em>, 1954-55</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Reg Butler</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Girl with a surfboard</em>, 1948</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Frederick Edward McWilliam</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Crankshaft Figure 1</em>, 1962</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Seated armed figure: Personnage Tres Important</em>, 1962</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Two Standing Women</em>, 1955</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Seated woman with square head (double base)</em>, Conceived 1955, cast 1986</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Geoffrey Clarke</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Head</em>, c. 1951</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Playing Group</em>, 1963</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Two Girls</em>, c.1962</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Kenneth Armitage</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawing</em>, 1956/7</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Eduardo Paolozzi</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Machine Head</em>, 1952</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Eduardo Paolozzi</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Colloquio</em>, 1949</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawings for Sculpture: Crab Theme 1</em>, 1974</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawings for Sculpture: Crab Theme 2</em>, 1974</span>

<span class="artist"><strong>Bernard Meadows</strong></span>, <span class="title"><em>Drawings for Sculpture: Crab Theme 3</em>, 1974</span>

<p><strong>Installation view 1</strong></p>

<p><strong>Installation view 2</strong></p>

Kenneth Armitage

1916-2002

Untitled, 1957

Signed with intials and dated

Goauche and ink on paper

29 7/8 x 8 3/8 in, 76 x 21.3cm

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This exhibition will explore the development of a new aesthetic in British Sculpture following World War Two through the sculptures, drawings and paintings of Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Geoffrey Clarke, Frederick Edward McWilliam, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Eduardo Paolozzi and William Turnbull.

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