Michael Ayrton (1921-1979)
Slender Sentinel
bronze with a grey/green patina
23 in. (59.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1963
出版
C.P. Snow, Michael Ayrton Drawings and Sculpture, London, 1966, pl.122 (the wax illustrated).
P. Cannon-Brookes, Michael Ayrton An Illustrated Commentary, Birmingham, 1978, p.100.
拍品专文
The present work belongs to Ayrton's Oracle series of sculptures, conceived between 1962 and 1965, and inspired by his 1956 trip to Cumae and subsequent visits to Green sanctuaries.