| Introduction | Exhibitions / Purchases |
| Purchases
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Works by King are in the following collections:
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| Exhibitions - During Lifetime |
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1952 |
King exhibited two sculptures in the Abbey Art Centre Artists’ exhibition at the Berkeley Galleries. |
1954 |
First solo exhibition at Victor Musgrave’s Gallery One in Soho, London from mid December 1953 to mid January 1954 |
1955 |
Four of King’s works included in New Sculptors, Painter-Sculptors at the ICA, London. |
1956 |
Second solo exhibition at Gallery One. The Thirteen Cantos of Hell first screened at the British Film Institute in London |
1957 |
King showed selected works at Gallery One in London. |
| Exhibitions - Posthumous
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1960 |
Sculpture in the Open Air, Battersea Park London County Council |
1961 |
Two miniature works made in the last period of King’s life were included in an exhibition of jewellery at the Victoria & Albert Museum, alongside works by his sister-in-law, the Viennese artists, Angela Varga, and King’s friend, Alan Davie. |
2003 |
An excerpt from King’s animated film, The Thirteen Cantos of Hell , was shown at The Museum of London as part of the exhibition Creative Quarters, and the full film shown at a special screening. |
2007 |
Peter King 1928-1957: Sculpture and Works on Paper, a display in the library of the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (November 2007 - February 2008). |
2007 |
A metal head by King included in The Wonder and the Horror of the Human Head, a display at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. |
2008 |
Peter King 1928-1957: A Retrospective, England & Co, London. |
| 2008 |
British Sculptor's
drawings: Moore to Gormley, British Museum, three works on paper
included |