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Michael Ayrton #7,765

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personEnglish, 1921–1975
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Selected Works144

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 100

Christie's
Laocoön Maze Figure I
Laocoön Maze Figure I, 1972
£10,160 ($13k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Emerging Figure II
Emerging Figure II
£1,750 ($2k USD)
Jul 2015
Christie's
John Gielgud as Macbeth
John Gielgud as Macbeth
£20,000 ($26k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Study for Minotaur Alarmed
Study for Minotaur Alarmed
£5,250 ($7k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Crete
Crete
£3,750 ($5k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Portrait of Wyndham Lewis
Portrait of Wyndham Lewis
£3,000 ($4k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Five plates, from: Minotaur
Five plates, from: Minotaur, 1971
£875 ($1k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Hommes/Femmes, from: Paul Verlaine
Hommes/Femmes, from: Paul Verlaine
£875 ($1k USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Portrait of CP Snow
Portrait of CP Snow
£750 ($990 USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Narcissuss
Narcissuss
£687 ($907 USD)
Oct 2013
Christie's
Man at anvil
Man at anvil
£6,875 ($9k USD)
Dec 2012
Christie's
Still life with fruit and gourd
Still life with fruit and gourd
£5,250 ($7k USD)
Dec 2012
Christie's
Figure in a Landscape
Figure in a Landscape, 1940
£3,500 ($5k USD)
Jul 2012
Christie's
Beach; and Paxos, Rainstorm
Beach; and Paxos, Rainstorm
£1,062 ($1k USD)
Jul 2012
Christie's
Icarus Sunstruck
Icarus Sunstruck
£22,500 ($30k USD)
Nov 2011
Christie's
The Mime
The Mime
£9,375 ($12k USD)
Oct 2010
Christie's
Maze Maker ( recto ); and a further study for Maze Maker ( verso )
Maze Maker ( recto ); and a further study for Maze Maker ( verso )
£1,625 ($2k USD)
Oct 2010
Christie's
The Unquiet Sleep IV
The Unquiet Sleep IV
£2,375 ($3k USD)
Jul 2010
Christie's
Figures in the street
Figures in the street
£875 ($1k USD)
Jul 2010
Christie's
Messara Plain, Crete
Messara Plain, Crete
£9,375 ($12k USD)
Jul 2008
Christie's
Sea II
Sea II
£8,750 ($12k USD)
Dec 2007
Christie's
Study of a woman
Study of a woman
£2,880 ($4k USD)
Jun 2007
Christie's
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
£5,760 ($8k USD)
Dec 2006
Christie's
Prelude to the Palio
Prelude to the Palio, 1951
£10,200 ($13k USD)
Nov 2005
Christie's
Sleeping Lambs
Sleeping Lambs
£10,800 ($14k USD)
Oct 2005

For Sale 2

Larsen Warner · Artsy
Minotaur
Minotaur, 1970
€1,500
Ink drawing on paper
Grosvenor Gallery · Artsy
Standing Man (Fat Sentinel)
Standing Man (Fat Sentinel), 1962
£10,000
Bronze
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Market813 auction results

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$719 – $29.7K
20 of 25 paintings lots with prices
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$8.3K
Object-type specific
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$3.9K
20 priced paintings lots
calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale
Jul 2025 · $2.4K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Paintings: $3.9K medianWorks on paper: $1.6K medianSculpture/objects: $8.9K medianEditioned prints: $532 medianEditioned objects: $1.2K median
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BonhamsSotheby'sChristie'sDorotheumWaddington's
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions0

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Recent Activity2

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death
Michael Ayrton dies
Jan 1, 1975
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Michael Ayrton born
Jan 1, 1921
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