Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Keith Chapman for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Julie and the Egyptian
Details
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Julie and the Egyptian
signed and dated 'Michael/Ayrton 46' (lower right), signed again and indistinctly inscribed '"... AND THE EGYPTIAN"/... AYRTON.' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
12 ½ x 20 3/8 in. (31.7 x 51.8 cm.)
Painted in 1946.
Julie and the Egyptian
signed and dated 'Michael/Ayrton 46' (lower right), signed again and indistinctly inscribed '"... AND THE EGYPTIAN"/... AYRTON.' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
12 ½ x 20 3/8 in. (31.7 x 51.8 cm.)
Painted in 1946.
Provenance
Purchased at the 1947 exhibition by Roger Senhouse.
with Abbott and Holder, London, where purchased by the present owners' parents on 10 May 1973.
with Abbott and Holder, London, where purchased by the present owners' parents on 10 May 1973.
Exhibited
London, Redfern Gallery, Michael Ayrton, Humphrey Spender Paintings, March - April 1947, no. 20.
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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Albany Bell
We are very grateful to Keith Chapman for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.