ID 728713
Lot 140 | DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Wild Boar
signed, numbered and dated 'Frink 75/ 1⁄6' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
40 in. (101.6 cm.) long
Conceived in 1975.
Provenance
with Ian Courcoux, where purchased by the present owner in July 2008.
Literature
B. Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, pp. 107, 184, 185, no. 216, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, London, Royal Academy, 1985, p. 44, no. 66, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, Hong Kong, Exchange Square, 1989, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1950-1990, Washington D.C., The National Museum of Women In The Arts, 1990, p. 24, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
E. Lucie-Smith and E. Frink, Frink: A Portrait, London, 1994, n.p., another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1965-1993, London, Lumley Cazalet, 1994, n.p., no. 7, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Sculpture at Canterbury: Bronze, Canterbury, Herbert Read Gallery, 1996, n.p., exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink: sculptures, graphic works, textiles, in accordance with Elisabeth Frink: a certain unexpectedness, Salisbury, Library and Galleries, 1997, p. 62, no. 41, another cast illustrated.
A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Farnham, 2013, p. 129, no. FCR244, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Winchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, Great Courtyard, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture in Winchester, July - September 1981, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Dorchester, County Museum, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, July - September 1982, no. 18, another cast exhibited.
West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Elisabeth Frink: Open Air Retrospective, July - November 1983, no. 19, another cast exhibited.
London, Royal Academy, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, February - March 1985, no. 66, another cast exhibited.
Keele, University of Keele, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, June - July 1988, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Hong Kong, Exchange Square, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, January - March 1989, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Washington D.C., The National Museum of Women In The Arts, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1950-1990, 1990, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, Lumley Cazalet, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1965-1993, November - December 1994, no. 7, another cast exhibited.
Canterbury, Herbert Read Gallery, Sculpture at Canterbury: Bronze, May 1996, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Salisbury, Library and Galleries, Elisabeth Frink: a certain unexpectedness, May - June 1997, no. 41, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Dorset, County Museum, June - August 1997.
Dorset, Bournemouth University, Elisabeth Frink and the Next Generation, February 2011 - December 2012, catalogue not traced.
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Artist: | Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Artist: | Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
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