Artist Monograph

Michael Ayrton, British

British, 1921–1975

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	18	94.7%
Printmaking	1	5.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	18	94.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	5.3%

Range: 15.7 cm → 45.1 cm (largest side)

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Cover from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.17	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	composition 7 15/16 x 11 5/16" (20.1 x 28.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 101) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.16	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 13/16 x 5 3/16" (19.8 x 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 24) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.4	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 5/16 x 7 7/8" (13.5 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 29) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.5	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 3/16 x 3 15/16" (15.7 x 10.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 36) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.6	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/4 x 7 11/16" (13.4 x 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 4) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.2	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 11/16 x 5 3/16" (19.5 x 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 41) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.7	1945	Ltihograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 3/8 x 4 3/8" (16.2 x 11.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 45) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.8	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 15/16 x 4 15/16" (20.2 x 12.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 52) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.9	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 3/16 x 7 3/4" (13.2 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 56) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.10	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 7/8 x 3 15/16" (17.5 x 10.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 60) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.11	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 3/4 x 5 1/8" (19.7 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 69) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.12	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 7/8 x 5 1/4" (20 x 13.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 73) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.13	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/2 x 5" (19 x 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 88) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.14	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/4 x 7 3/4" (13.4 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 9) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.3	1945	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg. composition 7 11/16 x 5" (19.5 x 12.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 92) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.15	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 7 7/8" (12.6 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page v) from POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.1	1945	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 13/16 x 4 15/16" (19.9 x 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
POEMS OF DEATH Illustrated Book Acc. 561.1949.1-17	1945	17 lithographs (including cover), printed in black and in color	page 8 1/8 x 5 3/8" (20 x 13.6 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
CHILD WITH CAT Print Acc. 287.1950	(1949)	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 21 3/16 x 15 7/8" (53.8 x 40.3 cm) Comp. 17 3/4 x 13" (45.1 x 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase