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Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A. 1930-1993
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A.
- horizontal birdman I
- signed and numbered 5/10
- bronze with mid-brown patina
- length 40.5cm.; 16in.
Provenance
Waddington Galleries, London, whence acquired by the present owner
Literature
Bryan Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, Harpvale, Salisbury 1984, no.89, illustrated p.157 (another cast).
Catalogue Note
Conceived in 1962 and cast in an edition of 10, Horizontal Birdman II was one of two smaller maquettes for the Alcock and Brown Memorial commissioned by the Airport Committee of Manchester City Council for Manchester Airport (see B.Robertson, op.cit., nos.89 and 91).