Golgotha

Details

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Golgotha
signed, inscribed and dated 'michael ayrton.g./Golgotha./Feb 1943' (lower right)
watercolour, bodycolour, ink and charcoal
15 x 21¾ in. (38.1 x 55.2 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, Michael Ayrton, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, March - April 1984, no. 9.
Aldeburgh, Peter Pears Gallery, Festival Exhibition, June 2006, no. 25.

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Lot Essay

Golgotha demonstrates Ayrton's highly personal imagery of the war period and exemplifies his use of line and colour. Swirling shapes and dramatic colours converge into a strange, imaginary series of caverns.

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