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Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Lot 219

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

Maquette for Eagle

Fermé17 November 2011

Prix réalisé

GBP 37,250

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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 dark brown patina
11½ in. (29cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1986 and cast in an edition of ten.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 23 September 2009, lot 57, where purchased by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

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.