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Details
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Afternoon
signed and numbered 'Michael Ayrton 4/12' (on the male figure's leg)
bronze with a brown patina
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) long
Conceived in 1973.
Afternoon
signed and numbered 'Michael Ayrton 4/12' (on the male figure's leg)
bronze with a brown patina
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) long
Conceived in 1973.
Provenance
with Bruton Gallery, where acquired by Ruth Prowse in February 1978.
Literature
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary; Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, 1978, no. 201, p. 112, illustrated.
Exhibited
Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 8.
Special notice
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