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Study for Minotaur Alarmed
Details
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Study for Minotaur Alarmed
signed, inscribed and dated '6.3.70./Minatour Alarmed Michael Ayrton' (lower left)
pencil, ink and wash
15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.6 x 46.4 cm.)
Study for Minotaur Alarmed
signed, inscribed and dated '6.3.70./Minatour Alarmed Michael Ayrton' (lower left)
pencil, ink and wash
15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.6 x 46.4 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Elisabeth Ayrton.
with Bruton Gallery, where acquired by Ruth Prowse in February 1977.
with Bruton Gallery, where acquired by Ruth Prowse in February 1977.
Literature
J. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker, Michigan, 2003, p.180, no.692, illustrated.
Exhibited
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The compulsive image: sculpture and paintings by Michael Ayrton, January - February 1977, no. 87.
Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 15.
Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 15.
Special notice
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