Rolling over horse

Details

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Rolling over horse
signed and dated 'Frink. 78' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
28 x 40 in. (71.1 x 101.6 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 June 2002, lot 157, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Between 1978 and 1980 Frink was working on a series of rolling horses, both in bronze and on paper. Her drawings and watercolours of horses, executed on large sheets of paper, show her interest in how the animals behave when not associated with humans and captures their strange mixture of awkwardness and grace when resting or at play (see E. Lucie-Smith, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture since 1984 and Drawings, London, 1994, p. 145).

More from 20th Century British Art

View All