Lot 110
  • 110

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A.

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A.
  • Warrior (Small Warrior)
  • signed
  • bronze
  • height 37cm.; 14½in.
  • Conceived in 1956, the present work is from the edition of 10.

Provenance

Sale, Sotheby's London, 28th September 1994, lot 260, where acquired by David Bowie

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, 4th - 25th June 1959, cat. no.20 (another cast);
Los Angeles, Felix Landau Gallery, Elisabeth Frink: Recent Sculpture, 6th - 25th November 1961, cat. no.3 (as Small Warrior, another cast);
London, Waddington Galleries I, II and III, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, 11th October - 4th November 1972, un-numbered catalogue (as Small Warrior, another cast);
London, Beaux Arts, Frink, 8th October - 15th November 1997, un-numbered catalogue, illustrated p.11 (another cast).

Literature

Bryan Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, Harpvale Books, Salisbury, 1984, cat. no.25, illustrated p.143 (another cast);
Burlington Magazine, December 1972;
Annette Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink, Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Lund Humphries in association with the Frink Estate and Beaux Arts, London, 2013, cat. no.FCR32, illustrated p.52 (another cast).

Condition

The sculpture is sound. There is very minor and light rubbing to the patina of the protruding elements of the bronze and there is some uneveness to the patina in places. There are a few tiny spots of oxidisation, most noticeable between the figure's legs at the reverse. There are a couple of very minor casting imperfections in places, only visible upon very close inspection. There is a light layer of surface dirt to the work and a few small areas of casting detritus, particularly in the crevices of the bronze. Subject to the above the work is in excellent overall condition. The sculpture 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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