Lot 60: Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975) Study for Minotaur Alarmed signed, inscribed and dated '6.3.70./Minatour Alarmed Michael Ayrton' (lower left) pencil, ink and wash 15¼ x 18¼ in. (38.6 x 46.4 cm.)

Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, The compulsive image: sculpture and paintings by Michael Ayrton, January - February 1977, no. 87. Canberra, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, The Ruth Prowse Collection - Thirty Years of Collecting April - May 2004, no. 15.

J. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker, Michigan, 2003, p.180, no.692, illustrated.

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