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Landscape with Cows at Avebury (1952)

Michael Ayrton

white chalk on green paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Paper, White chalk, Green paper

Physical Object Description:

Landscape with cows at Avebury; three animals, including one lying down, and beyond a huge boulder. 1952 White chalk on green paper. Signed and dated: "michael ayrton 29.9 52".

Technique:

Drawn

Dimensions:

34.2 x 48.5 cm

Accession Number:

1953,0518.1

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1953

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased from The Redfern Gallery by Wilfrid Ariel Evill (1890-1963) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1952; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, 1953

Relationship:

Wilfrid Ariel 'W. A.' Evill The Redfern Gallery, London Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Cow

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Michael Ayrton

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