Live Auction 553120th Century British Art
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Lot 163

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

Self Portrait

Closed13 October 2010

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GBP 3,500

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Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Self Portrait
signed, inscribed and dated 'Michael Ayrton/St Rémy 17.9.66' (lower right), inscribed again 'Self Portrait' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and ink, unframed
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)

Purchased by the present owner and her husband directly from the artist in 1969.

Specialist note

Ayrton and his wife Elisabeth took a holiday in St. Rémy in September 1966 after his exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery in July of that year.

The present work is sold with a letter from Ayrton asking for an image of the work for use on the backcover of the Exhibition catalogue which was accompanying his show Word and Image with Wyndham Lewis at the National Book League, London in 1971.