Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A.

Gifted by the Artist to Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan

The sheet is laid on card. There is a crease to the lower edge at the left corner and to the right edge at the lower right corner (not visible in the mount). There are some spots of studio detritus and handling marks to the sheet with a very faint stain just above the head of the horse. Subject to the above the work appears to be in very good condition with bright and fresh pigments. The work is presented in a gilt painted wooden frame, held behind glass. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan were close friends with Elisabeth Frink and they went on several holidays together staying at their house in Corbes in the Cevennes. This work was one of two Frink gave to Mary: 'She insisted on giving them to me, no payment, and said I could giver her one of my paintings in return' (Mary Fedden, quoted in Jose Manser, Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan Life and Art by the River Thames, London, Unicorn Press, 2012, p.125).