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May 26, 2022
Limelight: Contemporary Art and Photography
Lot 65
  1. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  2. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  3. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  4. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  5. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  6. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  1. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  2. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  3. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  4. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  5. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
  6. Michael Ayrton - Ball Games
Lot 65
Michael Ayrton
British (1921-1975)
Ball Games (1949)
Medium
pastel, charcoal, graphite on buff paper
Dimensions
sight: 19 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches
Signature
signed lower left

Estimate: $400 - $600

Price Realized: $406
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Frame Information
frame dimensions: 26 3/8 x 31 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches, wood frame with glazing
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein
Sotheby's, London, Neo-Romantic & Surrealist Art from the Collection of Pierre Le-Tan, 25 October 1995, lot 82 Christie's label affixed to frame verso
Condition
in very good condition, gentle creasing to upper left and lower right quadrants, not examined out of frame
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