Lot 113 A
113 A
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
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Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

Bather with Child

Details
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Bather with Child
bronze with a light grey patina
84 in. (212.5 cm.) high
Conceived and cast in 1956-57, unique.
Provenance
Mrs. F.G. Miles.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 November 1990, lot 357 where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
C.P. Snow, Michael Ayrton, Drawings and Sculpture, Kent, 1962, no. 30, detail illustrated.
P. Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton, Birmingham, 1978, pp. 59-60, no. 105, illustrated.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

'Following a visit to Venice in 1954 where he had watched a group of boys and young men bathing from a jetty on the Giudecca, Ayrton prepared a series of studies of the human figure in gentle movement and rest ... Leading from these studies ... is the large Bather with Child of 1956-57' (see P. Cannon-Brookes, loc. cit).

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