Portrait of CP Snow

Details

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Portrait of CP Snow
signed and dated 'Michael Ayrton 30. 3. 1963.' (lower right)
pencil, ink and wash
18½ x 27½ in. (47 x 69.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Bruton Gallery, where acquired by Ruth Prowse in February 1977.

Exhibited

Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 14.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter in this portrait is Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of the City of Leicester CBE. An English novelist and chemist, he served in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. He is best known for his series of novels Strangers and Brothers.

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