Rowntree Clark Gallery, London;
Private Collection, Oxford

London, Rowntree Clark Gallery, Michael Ayrton Landscapes: seen, imagined and metephorical, 16 September - 6 October 2004

Justine Hopkins, Michael Ayrton, Bury St. Edmunds, 1994, p.291, illustrated;
Edward Clark, Michael Ayrton Landscapes: seen, imagined and metephorical, ex. cat., London 2004

The lower right and upper left corners would benefit from re-stretching. There is some undulation to the collaged sections of the work. Two flecks of paint have been chipped away from a piece of barley in the lower right corner. The upper and lower right corners are slightly worn. Held in a gilt wood and plaster frame. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no evidence of retouching.
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This piece is part of  a series of works inspired by the farmers of East Anglia burning the stubble fields at the end of the each year's harvest, including The Future Wheat, Barley Flight and Landscape with Wild Oats.