MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
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MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)

Golden Couple (Afternoon)

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MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
Golden Couple (Afternoon)
signed 'Ayrton' (on the underside of the female figure), numbered and stamped with foundry mark, London hallmark for 18 carat gold and date letter for 1973 '3/12 /MSFLD/18/S' (on the underside of each figure)
18 carat yellow gold, on a black stone base
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, excluding base
Approx. 86 oz. 2 dwt. (2696 gr.)
Cast in 1973 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Provenance
Commissioned by Morris Singer Foundry, London and Christie’s Contemporary Art, London, in 1972, where purchased by the father of the present owner in the early 1970s, and by descent.
Literature
P. Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham, 1978, pp. 110, 112, pl. 201, bronze cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Alwin Gallery, Bronze, Silver & Gold, August - September 1973, no. 5, another cast exhibited.
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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Lot Essay

In the early 1970s, the London founders, Morris Singer Sculpture Association Ltd., with Christie’s Contemporary Art, commissioned eight artists to choose a subject representative of their oeuvre, and to produce sculptures in an edition of twelve, no longer than twelve inches in width, and cast in 18 carat yellow gold. The eight artists included the most celebrated British sculptors of the time, among them: Elisabeth Frink (see lot 235), Lynn Chadwick, Barbara Hepworth, Michael Ayrton, and Kenneth Armitage.

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