ELISABETH FRINK Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture ... - Ashgate

FCR345 (below left)
Eagle,1986
bronze, edition of 3
commissioned by the eagle squadron
association for a memorial in grosvenor
square, london
literature: sc 1994
the monument to the american eagle
squadron pilots of the second World War
was unveiled on 12 May 1986. the first
eagle squadron was formed in september
1940 mostly from american citizens who
had volunteered to join the royal air force.
the eagle squadron memorial, sponsored
by hearst corporation, is a tapering shaft of
white Portland stone surmounted by a bronze
sculpture of the american bald eagle.
FCR346 (bottom left)
Standing Man, 1984/86
bronze, edition of 4
h: 208 cm (82 in)
commissioned by W.h. smith for the
company’s headquarters, swindon, Wiltshire
exhibitions: ra, 1985 (titled New Man);
salisbury, 1999; canary Wharf, 1999
literature: Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and
Drawings 1952–84, 1985; sc 1994;
ratuszniak, 1999
FCR347 (below right)
Walking Man [later named Riace I],
1986
bronze, edition of 4
h: 211 cm (83 in)
commissioned by W.h. smith for the
company’s headquarters, swindon, Wiltshire;
k & b Plaza, new orleans; tate
exhibitions: university of keele, 1988;
fischer fine art, 1989; hong kong, 1989;
Washington, 1990; ba, 1993; sculpture at
goodwood, 1996–7; salisbury, 1997
literature: Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and
Drawings, 1988; Elisabeth Frink: Recent
Sculpture and Drawings, 1989; cameron,
1989; Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings
1950–90, 1990; sc 1994; Elisabeth
Frink: Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, 1993;
hubbard, 2007
‘i usually feel a new series happening long
before i actually do it. i can feel it coming on.
for example i heard about the riace figures
two or three years before i started doing my
own versions. i stack the idea away and draw
on it later.’ During the 1980s frink became
interested in the potential of colour. ‘i painted
some bronzes, but it was hopeless. Paint
doesn’t weather well – it soon looks tacky.
another thing is that using paint means putting
an extra skin on top of the surface, whereas
the chemicals used for patination react directly
on the surface you have.’ 73
FCR348 (opposite)
Running Man (Front Runner), 1986
bronze, edition of 4
h: 196 cm (77 in)
commissioned by W.h. smith for the
company’s headquarters, swindon, Wiltshire;
liverpool university
exhibitions: university of keele, 1988
literature: Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and
Drawings, 1988; Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture
and Drawings 1950–90, 1990; sc 1994
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