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Birdman IV
Details
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Birdman IV
signed 'Frink' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown and green patina
26¾ in. (67.9 cm.) high
Conceived in 1959 and cast in edition of 6.
Birdman IV
signed 'Frink' (on the base)
bronze with a dark brown and green patina
26¾ in. (67.9 cm.) high
Conceived in 1959 and cast in edition of 6.
Provenance
Private collection, USA.
Literature
B. Robertson (intro.), Elisabeth Frink Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, pp. 148-149, no. 59, another cast illustrated.
A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink, Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, London, 2013, p. 68, no. FCR70, another cast illustrated.
A. Ratuszniak (ed.), Elisabeth Frink, Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, London, 2013, p. 68, no. FCR70, another cast illustrated.
Special notice
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