Maze Maker (recto); and a further study for Maze Maker (verso), 1965
pencil and watercolour
34.9 x 25.4 cm
signed ‘Michael Ayrton’ (lower right) and dated ‘3.4.65’ (verso)
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Maze Maker (recto); and a further study for Maze Maker (verso), 1965
Exhibition History:
London, Sotheby’s, Sculpture and Sculptors’ Drawings from The Ingram Collection, 10 – 21 January 2011;
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, 23 October 2016 – 8 January 2017;
Woking, The Lightbox, Celebrating Michael Ayrton: A Centenary Exhibition, 29 May – 8 August 2021
This watercolour is a depiction of Daedalus who, for Minos, built the Labyrinth in which the Minotaur was confined.
; and a further study for Maze Maker (verso), 1965)
