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Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Lot 16

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

The Mime

Closed13 October 2010

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Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
The Mime
signed 'Michael Ayrton g' (upper right)
oil on canvas
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1943.

with Roy Miles Gallery, London.

Specialist note

There is a study oil sketch (6½ x 5 in.) for the present work which was exhibited as follows: Bruton, Bruton Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Recurring Themes and Images: sculpture, paintings, drawings, reliefs and theatre designs, March - May 1981, no. 110: this exhibition travelled to Penarth, Turner House, National Museum of Wales; Bristol, The Clifton Arts Festival, Pelter Sands Gallery; and a tour of public art galleries in the South and West of England.