Frederick Leslie KENETT (1924-2012) Griffin Four albumen pri...

Hammer

£220

Frederick Leslie KENETT (1924-2012) Griffin Four albumen prints of sculpture mounted on board, each studio stamped to verso, each image approximately 50.5 x 40.5cm, each mount approximately 58 x 48cm. (4) Frederick Kenett is one of the most important and yet undervalued postwar British artists of the twentieth century. He was invited by the Egyptian government in the sixties to photograph the Tomb and artefacts of Tutankhamen*, and was the first person to photograph the treasures in the tomb housed in the museum in Cairo. He travelled widely in Europe photographing classical scenes and sculptures in Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Holland often negotiating with governments. In the early sixties Kenett befriended Henry Moore and instructed Moore on Photography in return Moore helped Kenett by instructing him on the methods and techniques around sculpting. It was during the early sixties that both Moore and Kennet toured together visiting France and the low countries. Following their time together and from the mid sixties Kenett transferred his skills to sculpture and started producing his own work. Comparing both the sculptures of Moore and Kenett it is clear to see the influence that Moore had on Kenett. Frederick Kenett has been described as ‘Unquestionably the greatest photographer of Sculpture in the World who himself became a scuplture’. The Listener, T.G Rosenthal * Sunday Times Colour Magazine Book Review 1963