Photo © Woolley & Wallis — view this lot on Woolley & Wallis ↗Black Still Life with Ram's Skull Signed and dated Michael Ayrton 59
Oil · Board
Woolley & Wallis · Dec 11, 2025£6,000 ≈ $8,032 ≈ €6,856Sign up free to see price
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Icarus Fall
Michael Ayrton (British, 1921–1975)
£2,168 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,403≈ €2,471
Hammer £1,700 · with buyer’s premium £2,168
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 101 x 50cm (39 3/4 x 19 11/16in).
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Discovery Online (28181)
- Date
- October 11, 2022
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 32
- Estimate
- £1,000 – £1,500 (≈ $1,109 – $1,663) (≈ €1,140 – €1,710)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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