Michael Ayrton, (British, 1921-1975)

Demeter and Kore

Demeter and Kore
signed and dated 'Michael Ayrton 1.6.1965.' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
58.5 x 40.5cm (23 1/16 x 15 15/16in).

Provenance
With Grosvenor Gallery, London, where acquired by
Sir Omerod
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1966, no. 68
Reading, Reading Museum Art Gallery, Michael Ayrton: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 1949-69, 14 June-5 July 1969, no. 103

Literature
M. Ayrton, Michael Ayrton, Drawings and Sculpture, Cory, Adams and Mackay Ltd, London, 1966, fig. 170, illustrated
J.E. Nyenhuis, Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2003, no. 517, fig. 88, illustrated