Michael  Ayrton
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                                MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]
                                          'Contained Maze'
                                                   1966
                                  acrylic & collage on canvas
                                                 40" x 60"
                                            signed & dated

                         Provenance: private collection, London

Exhibited:
Grosvenor Gallery, London, 'Michael Ayrton', one-man show, June/July 1966, catalogue no.27
Pennsylvania State University. USA, Michael Ayrton', one-man show, May/June 1973, cat. no.33
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 'Michael Ayrton', major retrospective exhibition, Jan/Feb 1977, cat. no.121 - travelling to Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, - Manor House, Ilkley, - The Minories, Colchester - and Sunderland Art Gallery, Sunderland

Literature:
'Michael Ayrton - an illustrated commentary', P.Cannon-Brookes, 1978, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Press, p.103, pl.202
'Michael Ayrton - a Biography', Justine Hopkins, 1994, Andre Deutsch, London, pl.402/3
'Michael Ayrton', 1973, Pennsylvania State University, no.33
'Labrys 3 - Michael Ayrton', Oct.1978, p.77
'Myth & The Creative Process - Michael Ayrton & the Myth of Daedalus, The Maze Maker', Jacob Nyenhuis, Wayne State University Press, 2003, pl. 21 [illustrated in colour], no.583, p.130

One of Ayrton's most important paintings

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