Live Auction 258820th Century British Art
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Lot 134

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

Pythia

Closed12 October 2011

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GBP 9,750

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Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Pythia
bronze with a brown patina
13 in. (33 cm.) high, including the wooden base
Conceived in 1963.
This work is number 5 in an edition of 6.

Purchased by the present owner in the early 1980s.

Specialist note

The present work is from the Oracle Sequence which draws upon the imagery of Pythia, the priestess at the temple of Apollo through whom the god spoke.