Lot 141
  • 141

DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. | Rolling Horse

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • ELISABETH FRINK
  • Rolling Horse
  • signed and numbered 8/9
  • bronze
  • length: 43cm.; 17in.
  • Conceived in 1985, the present work is number 8 from the edition of 9.

Provenance

Acquired by the late owner in the late 1980s

Condition

The sculpture appears to be sound. There are one or two pits and some tiny casting imperfections, only visible upon close inspection. There are a couple of tiny flecks of casting residue. There is some slight rubbing to some of the extremities. Subject to the above the work appears to be in excellent overall 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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Catalogue Note

‘[The] horse sculptures are nothing to do with the horses you see here in England – the hunter, the show horse, the race horse. They’re much more to do with the ancient spirit of the horse and with its evolution in relation to man…The fact that I was brought up with horses and taught to ride from an early age had no bearing on the horses I did in France. Those came because I discovered the Camargue… I used to go down to the Camargue and ride with the local cowboys’ (Elisabeth Frink, quoted in Edward Lucie-Smith and Elisabeth Frink, Frink A Portrait, Bloomsbury, London, 1994, p.50) We are grateful to the Frink Estate for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in the next edition of the catalogue raisonné.