ISHERWOOD (CHRISTOPHER, 1909-1986, playwright and novelist) FINE PORTRAIT DRAWING BY MICHAEL AYRTON, in pen ink and wash, head and shoulders, slightly turned to the left, eyes turned to the spectator, with an excellent pencil portrait of Isherwood on the verso (three quarters facing left), size of main aperture c. 13 x 8 inches, double mounted and glazed to show both portraits, overall size c. 21 x 16 inches

Ayrton made portraits of Isherwood in California and London; Isherwood mentions two sittings in his diaries, stating that the drawings were commissioned by the publisher Methuen.

Ayrton said: 'Landscape is to me human and the human face is my landscape.'

£2,000