Lot 248
  • 248

Michael Ayrton 1921-1975

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Michael Ayrton
  • Oracle I
  • bronze with a dark brown patina
  • height 42cm., 16 1/2 in.

Exhibited

London, Grosvenor Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Bronzes, paintings, collages and drawings 1962 – 1964, 29th April – 30th May, 1964, no. 9, illustrated (another cast).

Literature

C.P. Snow (foreword), Michael Ayrton: Drawings and Sculpture, Cory, Adams & Mackay, London, 1962, no. 127, illustrated in black and white (wax for bronze); 

Peter Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1978, p. 100, no. 175, illustrated p. 100 (another cast).

Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1962 and cast in an edition of 6.