DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993) - photo 1
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993) - photo 2
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993) - photo 3
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993) - photo 4

DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)

Starting price
£ 100 000
Auction dateClassic
20.10.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 831372
Lot 235 | DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)

Rolling Over Horse

signed and numbered 'Frink/ 11/12' (on the underside), numbered and stamped with foundry mark, London hallmark for 18 carat gold and date letter for 1973 'MSFLD/18/S' (on the underside of the left hind leg)

18 carat yellow gold, on a black stone base

8 in. (22.9 cm.) long, excluding base

Conceived in 1972 and cast in 1973 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.





Provenance

Commissioned by Morris Singer Foundry, London and Christie’s Contemporary Art, London, in 1972, where purchased by the father of the present owner in the early 1970s, and by descent.



Literature

B. Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, pp. 180-181, no. 207, another cast illustrated.

A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Farnham, 2013, p. 125, no. FCR234, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Alwin Gallery, Bronze, Silver & Gold, August - September 1973, no. 12, another cast exhibited.



Special notice


Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.



Post lot text

Elisabeth Frink was fascinated by the ‘strength, fidelity, and sagacity’ of horses throughout her life (E. Lucie-Smith, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture since 1984 and Drawings, 1994, p. 40). The present work is a delightful example of the artist’s enduring connection with animals, and particularly horses.



In the early 1970s, the London founders, Morris Singer Sculpture Association Ltd., with Christie’s Contemporary Art, commissioned eight artists to choose a subject representative of their oeuvre, and to produce sculptures in an edition of twelve, no longer than twelve inches in width, and cast in 18 carat yellow gold. The eight artists included the most celebrated British sculptors of the time, among them: Elisabeth Frink, Lynn Chadwick, Barbara Hepworth, Kenneth Armitage and Michael Ayrton (see lot 119).



Frink saw the commission as an opportunity to create a small equestrian sculpture which did not sacrifice artistic principle. Indeed, the artist’s expressive rendering of the horse’s physicality, from the slight tension in its neck, to the curling of its legs, strikingly reveals its transitionary movement from repose to action. The startling luminosity of the sculpture’s yellow gold medium heightens this physical immediacy, as undulations of the horse’s musculature are thrown into shadow, resulting in a sculpture instilled with real character.



Horses began to appear in Frink’s subject matter at the end of the 1960s, shortly after she went to live in the Camargue in the South of France. Celebrated for its herds of semi-wild horses, this isolated area proved an important source of inspiration for Frink, reawakening childhood memories growing up surrounded with horses in the Suffolk landscape. Interestingly, it was at this time that Frink began to ride again for the first time since giving it up at the age of sixteen. This renewed connection with horses ignited an intimacy with their behaviour when not in control of mankind that continued until the very end of her career.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
20.10.2022 – 20.10.2022
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

More from Creator

DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£15 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£15 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£70 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£500 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£70 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£20 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£30 000
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
£220 000

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.