DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. | Dog

Gifted from the Artist to the present owners as thanks for organising the Great Ormond Street Hospital commission and fundraising campaign

Salisbury, Salisbury Library and Galleries, Elisabeth Frink: A Certain Unexpectedness, May - June 1997, cat. no.90, pp.4, 71, illustrated (another cast);
London, Lumley Cazalet, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture and Drawings 1966-1993, June - July 1997, cat. no.15, as Dog (Childhood), (another cast).

Art Review, London, June 1993, p.59, illustrated, as Childhood, (another cast);
Edward Lucie-Smith, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture since 1984 and Drawings, Art Books International, London, 1994, pp.20, 191, cat. no.SC73, illustrated (another cast);
Annette Ratuszniak, Elisabeth Frink Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Lund Humphries, London, 2013, pp.188-189, cat. no.FCR401, illustrated (another cast).

The sculpture appears sound. There are a few small flecks of oxidisation, including to the proper right side of the dog's face, to the front left and back right paws, to the right flank, and to the underside of the sculpture. There are some very minor spots of rubbing to raised areas including to the head, paws, haunches and towards the base of the back, with one or two very minor further instances. There are some remnants of casting residue and surface dirt in creviced areas. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in excellent condition. The work is freestanding. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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This edition was commissioned by The Morris Singer Foundry, Basingstoke, to be sold in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London.