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Michael Ayrton 1921-1975.
Demeter and Kore I.
Bronze with brown patina.
numbered '5/9' (underneath cast).
Conceived in 1965.
This tense, small bronze is among the most successful of Ayrton’s Demeter and Kore compositions. Demeter is embracing her daughter Kore (Persephone) the queen of the underworld and wife of Hades. Each year from spring to autumn she returns to earth to spend time with her mother.
Provenance:
Christie’s, King Street, 23 October 1996, lot 29.
Dimensions
23.5 cms. highThe BADA Standard
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