Lot 93
  • 93

Michael Ayrton 1921-1975

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Michael Ayrton
  • Talos Armed Head II
  • bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
  • height 56.5cm., 22 1/4 in.

Provenance

M. Vestrick

Exhibited

Bruton, Bruton Gallery, and tour to National Museum of Wales, Penarth and Peter Sands Gallery, Bristol, Michael Ayrton: Work of the 1950s, May – June 1974, no.12 (another cast);
Bruton, Bruton Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Recurring Themes & Images, March - May 1981, no.83, illustrated p.44 (another cast).

Literature

Peter Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1978, no.98, p.57, illustrated (another cast);
C.P. Snow, Michael Ayrton: Drawings and Sculpture, Cory, Adams and Mackay, London, 1962, no.52, illustrated (another cast).

Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1957 and cast in an edition of 6.