Collection
Michael Ayrton
(England 20 Feb 1921–16 Nov 1975)
- Title
- Icarus drowned
- Year
- 1960
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on plaster of paris on hardboard
- Dimensions
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61.0 x 122.0cm board; 66.0 x 126.3 x 7.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.l., pencil "Michael Ayrton/ June-July 1960".
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Accession number
- OB1.1962
- Copyright
- © Michael Ayrton Productions
- Location
- Not on display
- Provenance (1)
-
The Matthiesen Gallery (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Matthiesen Gallery 1961. Purchased from the exhibition 'Michael Ayrton: the Icarus theme', 6-28 October 1961. Received 27 April 1962.
- Bibliography (6)
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 9 (illus.).
Hal Missingham (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (vol. 4, no. 3) Apr 1963, 'Acquisitions for 1962', Sydney, Apr 1963, 142, 143 (illus.).
Bryan Robertson, Motif 7 Summer 1961, 'Ayrton and the theme of Icarus', pg. 34-44, London, Summer 1961, 44 (illus.).
Charles Spencer, Zygos Summer 1962, 'Michael Ayrton and Icarus', Athens, Summer 1962, 19.
The Matthiesen Gallery, Michael Ayrton: the Icarus theme 1961, 1961. cat.no. 5?
Peter Tomory and Anne Kirker, British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 46. cat.no. 61
- Exhibition history (3)
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Michael Ayrton: the Icarus theme, The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 06 Oct 1961–28 Oct 1961
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
18 British Paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, Jun 1965–Jul 1965
