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Five plates, from: Minotaur
Details
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Five plates, from: Minotaur
each sheet with the artist's stamped signature, numbered 25/75 in pencil
etching on wove paper
sheet size 78 x 59 cm.
Executed in 1971.
Five plates, from: Minotaur
each sheet with the artist's stamped signature, numbered 25/75 in pencil
etching on wove paper
sheet size 78 x 59 cm.
Executed in 1971.
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.174, p.98-99, each plate illustrated.
J. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker, Wayne University Press, 2003,p.182-183 each plate illustrated.
J. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker, Wayne University Press, 2003,p.182-183 each plate illustrated.
Exhibited
Canberra, Gallery Huntly, The Graphics of Michael Ayrton, 1977
Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 17-20.
Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 17-20.
Special notice
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