KENNETH MARTIN (1905 - 1984)
BIOGRAPHY / EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS
Order and Change (Black), 1977
Oil on canvas
Signed and inscribed with the title
91.5 x 91.5
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, 1977 Hayward Annual: current British art selected by Michael Compton, Howard Hodgkin, and William Turnbull, May - September 1977, no. 86, lent by the artist.
London, Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Kenneth Martin: Recent Works, June 1978, ex-catalogue.
New York, Sperone Westwater Fischer Inc., Kenneth Martin, 1980, catalogue not traced.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Kenneth Martin: the late paintings, June - August 1985, ex-catalogue.
Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop - Moderne Galerie, Austellung Kenneth und Mary Martin, 1989, no. 31.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Kenneth Martin: the chance and order series, screw mobiles and related works: 1953-1984, January - February 1999, exhibition not numbered.
London, Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin: Constructed Works, July - September 2007, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to St Ives, Tate Gallery, October 2007 - January 2008; and Bexhill on Sea, De La Warr Pavilion, January - April 2008.
London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Abstraction-Creation: Post-War Geometric Abstract Art from Europe and South America, September - October 2010, no. 31.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, 1977 Hayward Annual: current British art selected by Michael Compton, Howard Hodgkin, and William Turnbull, London, Hayward Gallery, 1977, pp. 50, 134, no. 86, illustrated.
K. Martin, Chance and Order, The Sixth William Townsend Lecture 1979, London, 1979, p. 17, no. 22, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Martin: the chance and order series, screw mobiles and related works: 1953-1984, London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 1999, p. 24, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin: Constructed Works, London, Camden Arts Centre, 2007, pp. 37, 86, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Abstraction-Creation: Post-War Geometric Abstract Art from Europe and South America, London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, 2010, p. 46, no. 31, illustrated
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, 1977</p><p>Oil on canvas<br />Signed and inscribed with the title<br />91.5 x 91.5</p>
<p>Exhibited<br />London, Hayward Gallery, 1977 Hayward Annual: current British art selected by Michael Compton, Howard Hodgkin, and William Turnbull, May - September 1977, no. 86, lent by the artist.<br />London, Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Kenneth Martin: Recent Works, June 1978, ex-catalogue.<br />New York, Sperone Westwater Fischer Inc., Kenneth Martin, 1980, catalogue not traced.<br />London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Kenneth Martin: the late paintings, June - August 1985, ex-catalogue.<br />Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop - Moderne Galerie, Austellung Kenneth und Mary Martin, 1989, no. 31.<br />London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Kenneth Martin: the chance and order series, screw mobiles and related works: 1953-1984, January - February 1999, exhibition not numbered.<br />London, Camden Arts Centre, Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin: Constructed Works, July - September 2007, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to St Ives, Tate Gallery, October 2007 - January 2008; and Bexhill on Sea, De La Warr Pavilion, January - April 2008.<br />London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Abstraction-Creation: Post-War Geometric Abstract Art from Europe and South America, September - October 2010, no. 31.<br /><br />Literature<br />Exhibition catalogue, 1977 Hayward Annual: current British art selected by Michael Compton, Howard Hodgkin, and William Turnbull, London, Hayward Gallery, 1977, pp. 50, 134, no. 86, illustrated.<br />K. Martin, Chance and Order, The Sixth William Townsend Lecture 1979, London, 1979, p. 17, no. 22, illustrated.<br />Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Martin: the chance and order series, screw mobiles and related works: 1953-1984, London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 1999, p. 24, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.<br />Exhibition catalogue, Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin: Constructed Works, London, Camden Arts Centre, 2007, pp. 37, 86, illustrated.<br />Exhibition catalogue, Abstraction-Creation: Post-War Geometric Abstract Art from Europe and South America, London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, 2010, p. 46, no. 31, illustrated</p>', 'credit', 'Order and Change (Black)', 2398); "Kenneth Martin: Order and Change (Black)")
; "Kenneth Martin: Alphabet 2")
<strong><br /><br /></strong>Literature<br />Carey/Griffiths, Avant-garde British Printmaking 1914 - 1960 British Museum Publications, 1990, No.182</p>', 'credit', 'Circular Abstract', 543); "Kenneth Martin: Circular Abstract")
, 1952</p><p>Linocut<br />74 x 50 cm</p>', 'credit', 'Untitled (Abstract, Black And Grey With Short Lines)', 2413); "Kenneth Martin: Untitled (Abstract, Black And Grey With Short Lines)")
; "Kenneth Martin: Pastel Nude, c.1949")
