About this artwork
The experience of growing up during the Second World War shaped Frink’s art. This is the largest of a series of bronzes, made in the 1950s, in which birds are given a menacing, military appearance. She stated that birds were ‘really vehicles for strong feelings of pain, tension, aggression and predatoriness.’ This Bird was cast in an edition of ten numbered bronzes. This is an additional cast made by the artist for herself and is marked ‘AC’ for ‘Artist’s Cast’.
Published November 2021
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artist:Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993) English
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title:Bird
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date created:1958
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:50.20 cm (height)
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object type:
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credit line:Provided to the National Galleries of Scotland in accordance with the wishes of the artist’s late son, Lyn Jammet, 2020
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accession number:GMA 5673
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gallery:
Elisabeth Frink
Elisabeth Frink
Elisabeth Frink’s artistic career was launched at the age of twenty-two with her first solo exhibition. Linked with the group of post-war British sculptors that included Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi, she is perhaps best known for her expressionistic animal figures and popular public sculpture...