Modern British Art
Modern British Art
Michael Ayrton
Icarus Falls III
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November 24, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Michael Ayrton
1921 - 1975
Icarus Falls III
signed michael ayrton and dated 59 (lower left)
oil on board
unframed: 182 by 101cm.; 71½ by 39¾in.
framed: 195 by 114cm.; 76¾ by 45in.
Executed in 1959.
We are grateful to Justine Hopkins for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Elisabeth Ayrton, Rockhampton
Acquired by the present owner in 1996
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton, An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1978, illustrated p. 77
Justine Hopkins, Michael Ayrton- A Biography, André Deutsch, London, 1994, pp. 173 - 4
Justine Hopkins, Michael Ayrton- A Biography, André Deutsch, London, 1994, pp. 173 - 4
London, Matthiesen Gallery, The Icarus Theme, 1961