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Juno and the Paycock

AYRES, Gillian

Juno and the Paycock is a joyous celebration of colour. The circular composition serves to bring the eye continually back into the exuberant abstract imagery. Gillian Ayres’s works were all named by friends and family after they were produced. The title of this work, Juno and the Paycock, references the play of the same title by Seán O’Casey. The word ‘paycock’ is the Irish pronunciation of peacock and the top left imagery in this print resembles the patterning of peacock feathers.

Juno and the Paycock
Image: © Estate of Gillian Ayres/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A(L) 2272

Creation/Production

AYRES, Gillian
Date: 1992

Measurements

Height (cm): 106.5
Width (cm): 107

Techniques

hand-painted colour etching on paper

Material

etching

Location

In store

Categories

Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art Celf Gain ar fenthyg | Fine Art loan Celf Gain | Fine Art 11_CADP_Feb_22 Haniaethol | Abstract Paun | Peacock Patrwm | Pattern Lliw | Colour Derek Williams Trust Collection CADP content CADP random Artist Benywaidd | Woman Artist Casgliad Ymddiriedolaeth Derek Williams | Derek Williams Trust Collection Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st Century
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