signed and dated ‘Frink Feb. 1957’ (lower right), signed again with an initial ‘F’ (lower right)
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Warrior Birds, 1957
Provenance:
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London;
Bob Willoughby, 1957
Exhibition History:
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Animals in Art, 8 January – 16 March 2014;
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: The Impact of War, 15 October 2014 – 4 January 2015;
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, Drawing On, 21 March – 7 June 2015;
Aylesbury, Bucks County Museum, Elisabeth Frink, 10 February – 21 April 2018;
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Elisabeth Frink: Fragility and Power, 22 June – 29 September 2018;
Woking, The Lightbox, Elisabeth Frink: A Collector’s Passion, 13 October 2018 – 6 January 2019;
London, Royal Society of Sculptors, Parallel Lines: Sculpture and Drawing, 13 May – 13 July 2019;
Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Reflection: British Art in an Age of Change, 17 August 2019 – 5 January 2020
The title of this study, Warrior Birds, is indicative of the military references in many of Frink’s depictions of birds. Experiencing childhood during the Second World War, Frink’s home in Suffolk was surrounded by air stations. She witnessed a number of air crashes, which may be what the fighting of these two warrior birds represents.
