Michael Ayrton, (British, 1921-1975)

Reflective Heads II 41cm (16 1/8in) high

Reflective Heads II
signed 'Ayrton' (to reverse of base)
bronze and polished bronze
41cm (16 1/8in) high
Conceived in 1971, the present lot is from the edition of 9

Provenance
With Beaux Arts Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City Art Gallery, with Bruton Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Maze and Minotaur: An Exhibition of Work on the Theme: Bronzes, Drawings, and Etchings, 3 February- 3 March 1973, no. 42 (another cast)
Pennsylvania, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, Michael Ayrton: Bronzes, Paintings, Drawings, Collages, 6 May-17 June 1973, no. 18 (another cast)
Somerset, Bruton Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Recurring Themes and Images: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Reliefs, Theatre Designs, 28 March-2 May 1981, no. 67 (another cast)

Literature
P. Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton: An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1978, p. 141, no. 215, illustrated on p. 120 (another cast)
J.E. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2003, no. 743, figs. 232 and 233, pl. 45, illustrated (another cast)

The present work is one of two studies for Ayrton's large-scale commission for the headquarters of the S.S. Kresge Corporation in Troy, Michigan. Another cast is in the collection of the Southampton City Art Gallery.