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MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)

Starting price
£ 60 000
Auction dateClassic
20.10.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 831316
Lot 119 | MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
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

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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