Live Auction 6042
20C British Art
Lot 229
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Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Wild Boar
Details
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Wild Boar
bronze with a green/blue patina
40 in. (101.7 cm.) long
Conceived and cast in 1975 in an edition of 6
Literature
B. Robertson,
Elisabeth Frink Sculpture
, Salisbury, 1984, no.216, pl.107 and p.184 (another cast illustrated).
Lot Essay
The present work was inspired by the wild boars Frink saw in France, who scavenged for food around her husband's vineyard during the winter months.
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