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Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993) Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (Conceived in 1966) image 1
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993) Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (Conceived in 1966) image 2
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993) Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (Conceived in 1966) image 3
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993) Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (Conceived in 1966) image 4
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993) Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (Conceived in 1966) image 5
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Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A.
(British, 1930-1993)
Large Bird 52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high

19 June 2024, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993)

Large Bird
signed and numbered '2/6 Frink' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high
Conceived in 1966

Footnotes

Provenance
With Alwin Gallery, London, February 1989, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries I, II and III, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, 11 October-4 November 1972, unnumbered (another cast)
London, The Royal Academy, Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, 8 February-24 March 1985, unnumbered (another cast)
Washington D.C., The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1950-1990, 1990, unnumbered (another cast)
Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Elisabeth Frink: Humans and Other Animals, 13 October 2018-24 February 2019, unnumbered

Literature
Sarah Kent and Bryan Robertson, Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Harpvale Press, Salisbury, 1984, pp.168-9, cat.no.150 (ill.b&w, another cast)
Sarah Kent (ed.), Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture and Drawings 1952-1984, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1985, p.51, cat.no.45
Bryan Robertson, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings 1950-90, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C, 1990, p.41 (ill.b&w, another cast)
Annette Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Lund Humphries in association with the Frink Estate and Beaux Arts, London, 2013, p.104, cat.no.FRC175 (ill.b&w, another cast)
Calvin Winner (ed.), Elisabeth Frink: Humans and Other Animals, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 2018, p.107 (col.ill.)

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