Michael Ayrton
Susannah and the Elders, 1945-47
oil on panel
25 x 17 cm; 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ in
JC67
©Estate of Michael Ayrton
Provenance
John Morris.Private collection, Switzerland.
with Michael Parkin Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 21 June 1995, lot 84, where purchased.
Exhibitions
Wakefield, City Art Gallery, Michael Ayrton, Paintings, Drawings, Theatre Design, August - September 1949, no. 16 (lent by John Morris): this exhibition toured to Harrogate, Municipal Art Gallery; Halifax, Municipal Art Gallery; and Hull, Ferens Art Gallery.London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Michael Ayrton: paintings, drawings, sculpture, book illustrations, theatre design 1945-1955, September - October 1955, no. 4 (lent by John Morris).
London, Agnews, Michael Ayrton: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, March - April 1984, no. 16 (private collection, Switzerland).
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Jerwood Collection: Revealed, February - April 2014.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, The Painter Behind the Canvas, May - October 2016.
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, October 2016 - January 2017.
Welbeck, Harley Gallery, Coast, Country, City, August - November 2021.
Welbeck, Harley Gallery, A Voyage of Discovery, February-May 2022.
Literature
J. Laver, Paintings by Michael Ayrton, London, 1948, p. 39, pl. 18, (John Morris collection).M. Yorke, The Spirit of Place: Nine Neo-Romantic Artists and Their Times, 2nd edition, London, 2001, p. 203.
Collection catalogue, Jerwood Collection, London, 2012, p. 29.
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