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.
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.
Exhibition catalogue; Michael Ayrton, bronze, paintings, collages and drawings, 1962-1964, London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1964, another cast illustrated.
P. Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1978, p. 100, p. 176, illustrated.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Michael Ayrton, bronzes, paintings, collages and drawings, 1962-1964, April - May 1964, no. 17.
Bruton, Bruton Gallery, Michael Ayrton, Recurring Themes and Images, March - May 1981, no. 64: this exhibition travelled to Penarth, National Museum of Wales; and Bristol, Pelter Sands Gallery.
專家說明
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.
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