Michael Ayrton: career timeline
British · 1921–1975 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 40 lots (39% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $3.4kSign up | Gouache |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $1.8kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 3 | 1 | $6.5kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 6 | 6 | $2.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | $9.4kSign up | Sculpture |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 9.5 in (36 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1938 CIRCUS MAN: MASKED FIGURE, c.1938-39$3.4kSign up
1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 7 in (25 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1949 Boy with a Rose, 1949$1.8kSign up
1950s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $6.5kSign up
- Average
- $6.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 9 in (39 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
c. 1954 Figures on a Jetty$6.5kSign up
c. 1954 Figures on a JettyUnsold
1956 LANDSCAPE WITH GOATS, CUMAE, SOUTHERN ITALYUnsold · sold 2×
1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 16 in (37 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3), Mixed media (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Harbours & ports (1)
1962 BROKEN BEACH, 1962$2.9kSign up
1963 Rainstorm on Paxos$1.8kSign up
1963 Mantic Figure$2.5kSign up
1963 Harbour / Flood Tide$2.4kSign up
c. 1969 Cage Contingency$2.8kSign up
c. 1969 Bust of Hector Berlioz$11.9kSign up
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $9.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 15 in (42 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Study for Discovery for Nautilus$1.9kSign up
1970 Geode$7kSign up
1972 Invador$11.9kSign up
1972 Maze Music 1972$11.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
23 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 21 works
- Sold
- 18 of 21
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 14.5 in (45 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Drawing (6), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Sea & coast (1)
sold 2021 Falcon Watcher$43.8kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$885Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$125Sign up
sold 2021 Plates from Femmes Hombres, two monochrome etchings$44Sign up
sold 2022 Icarus Fall$2.4kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$420Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 THE ACROPOLIS OF CUMAE$443Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled$598Sign up
sold 2024 FigureUnsold
sold 2024 Self Portrait$2.8kSign up
sold 2025 Acrobats IIResult not published · sold 2×
sold 2025 Cage Contingency$2.8kSign up
…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Michael Ayrton auction results →