Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Gethsemane
signed, inscribed and dated 'michael ayrton./August XLIV' (lower right)
oil on board
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Gethsemane
signed, inscribed and dated 'michael ayrton./August XLIV' (lower right)
oil on board
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Purchased at the 1945 exhibition by John Lehmann. with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1985, lot 185, where purchased by the present owner.
J. Laver (intro.), Paintings by Michael Ayrton, London, 1948, pp. 16, 37, no. 16, illustrated.
London, Redfern Gallery, Michael Ayrton, Christopher Wood, also French and English Paintings, Drawings and Prints, January 1945, no. 1, n.p.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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