This sculpture is particularly exciting because it was produced at a
time when King was reading modern languages at Cambridge and his main
energy was making sculpture. He produced about 50 figures in clay,
including Crouching Man, before officially commencing his art school
training at St. Martin's. I think there is a strong parallel between
the excitement embodied by the Whitechapel exhibition catalogue of
1956, This is Tomorrow, and King's extra-curricular sculptural
activities in Cambridge, occurring simultaneously.
