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* MICHAEL AYRTON (BRITISH 1921 - 1975), TRIPOD ORACLE
42cm tall
patinated bronze sculpture
42cm tall
Bibliography: Michael Ayrton, an illustrated commentary, Peter Cannon-Brookes, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1978, p.101 n°177
Provenance: The collection of the late Maurice Druon, Paris.
Note 1: This work was on loan to the exhibition "Maurice Druon, the man and his artistic friendships" which took place from October 14, 2023 to January 14, 2024 at the chapel of the Carmel of Libourne under the aegis of the Museum of Fine Arts of Libourne.
Note 2: Michael Ayrton was an English artist and writer, renowned as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. His varied output of sculptures, illustrations, poems and stories reveals an obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. Ayrton's education in Art was mostly inspired by his travels in Europe. He spent time in Vienna, and in 1937 shared a studio with John Minton in Paris, studing under Eugéne Bérman. After his return to England he taught at Camberwell School of Art in 1943-1944. After receiving advice from Henry Moore in the early 1950's he began to sculpt bronze, deriving influence from a visit to Greece.
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* MICHAEL AYRTON (BRITISH 1921 - 1975), TRIPOD ORACLE
42cm tall
patinated bronze sculpture
42cm tall
Bibliography: Michael Ayrton, an illustrated commentary, Peter Cannon-Brookes, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1978, p.101 n°177
Provenance: The collection of the late Maurice Druon, Paris.
Note 1: This work was on loan to the exhibition "Maurice Druon, the man and his artistic friendships" which took place from October 14, 2023 to January 14, 2024 at the chapel of the Carmel of Libourne under the aegis of the Museum of Fine Arts of Libourne.
Note 2: Michael Ayrton was an English artist and writer, renowned as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and designer, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist. His varied output of sculptures, illustrations, poems and stories reveals an obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. Ayrton's education in Art was mostly inspired by his travels in Europe. He spent time in Vienna, and in 1937 shared a studio with John Minton in Paris, studing under Eugéne Bérman. After his return to England he taught at Camberwell School of Art in 1943-1944. After receiving advice from Henry Moore in the early 1950's he began to sculpt bronze, deriving influence from a visit to Greece.
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