Lot 152
  • 152

Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A.

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A.
  • carapace II
  • signed and numbered 2/6
  • bronze
  • length: 61cm., 24in.; height 30.5cm., 12in.

Exhibited

Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Man and Beast: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Illustrated Books by Elisabeth Frink, 20th July - 11th August 1973, cat. no.9 (another cast);
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, 8th Feburary-24th March 1985, cat. no. 22, illustrated in the catalogue p. 42 (another cast);
Washington, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture & Drawings 1950-1990, 1990, unnumbered catalogue (another cast); 
London, Beaux Arts, Elisabeth Frink, 10th March - 24th April 2004, unnumbered catalogue (another cast).

Literature

Edwin Mullins (intro.), The Art of Elisabeth Frink, Lund Humphries, London, 1972, cat. no.47, illustrated twice (another cast);
Bryan Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink: Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, Harpvale, Salisbury, 1984, cat. no.97, p.158, illustrated (another cast).

Condition

Dirt has gathered in some of the crevices but the sculpture is in good overall condition. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1963 and cast in an edition of 6.