Michael Ayrton

The Artist
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Sale, Sotheby's London, 25th March 2009, lot 132, where acquired by the present owner

London, Grosvenor Gallery, Michael Ayrton, June - July 1966, cat. no.6 (another cast);
Chicago, Sears Vincent Price Gallery, 1967 (another cast);
Chicago, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Homage to Michael Ayrton 1921-1975, 1984, cat. no.26, p.27, illustrated (another cast).

Jacob E. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2003, cat. no.552, p.127, illustrated (another cast).

The sculpture appears sound. There is some slight rubbing to some of the protruding edges of the work. There is some light surface dirt and minor traces of casting material apparent in the pitted areas of the work. There are some very minor spots of oxidisation. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in very good overall condition. The work is affixed to a wooden plinth. There is a square of black felt attached to the underside of the wooden plinth. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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