Large Rolling Horse

Details

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Large Rolling Horse
signed and numbered ‘Frink/5/9’ (on the underside)
bronze with a dark brown patina
16 ½ in. (41.9 cm.) long
Conceived in 1985.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner on 6 July 1985.

Literature

E. Lucie-Smith, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture Since 1984 and Drawings, London, 1994, pp. 43, 182, no. SC00, another cast illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink sculptures, graphic works, textiles, in accordance with Elisabeth Frink: a certain unexpectedness, Salisbury, Library and Galleries, 1997, pp. 61, 70, no. 63, another cast illustrated.
A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink, Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, London, 2013, p. 166, no. FCR335, another cast illustrated.

Exhibited

Salisbury, Library and Galleries, Elisabeth Frink: a certain unexpectedness, May - June 1997, no. 63, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Dorset, County Museum, June - August 1997.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'...The animals I make are far more what I feel about them than what they are in real life ... I'm much more interested in the spirit of the animal. I get into the inside of the animal, and the outside takes care of itself' (Elisabeth Frink quoted in E. Lucie-Smith, Frink A Portrait, London, 1994, pp. 121-123).

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