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Figures in a Red Room
Details
MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
Figures in a Red Room
signed and dated 'Michael Ayrton 53/July - Aug' (upper left)
oil on canvas
35 x 44 5/8 in. (88.9 x 113.3 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Figures in a Red Room
signed and dated 'Michael Ayrton 53/July - Aug' (upper left)
oil on canvas
35 x 44 5/8 in. (88.9 x 113.3 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by John W. Merriam, Wynnewood, Philadelphia.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1999, lot 132, where purchased by the present owner.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1999, lot 132, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
The Studio, Vol. 147-148, 1954, p. 161, illustrated.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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