ID 922756
Lot 153 | DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (1930-1993)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
Horizontal Birdman III
signed and numbered 'Frink/4/8' (on the underside)
bronze with a dark brown patina, on a slate base
13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) long
Conceived in 1964.
Provenance
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the previous owner in July 1964.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 2009, lot 18, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
E. Mullins (intro.), The Art of Elisabeth Frink, London, 1972, n.p., pl. 60, another cast illustrated.
B. Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, p. 160, no. 106, another cast illustrated.
A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture, 1947-93, London, 2013, p. 90, no. FCR130, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, February - March 1985, no. 30, 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.
| Artist: | Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
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