Live Auction 588520th Century British Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 57

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

Maquette for Eagle

Closed23 September 2009

Price Realised

GBP 30,000

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Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Maquette for Eagle
signed and inscribed'Frink/AC' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
11½ in. (29cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1986 and cast in an edition of ten.

Specialist note

The present work is a maquette for the larger Eagle commissioned in 1986 as the Eagle Squadron Association Memorial in Grosvenor Square, London. Eagle Squadron referred to American airmen who crossed the Atlantic to fight with the R.A.F. in World War II.