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Dame Elisabeth Frink

1930–1993

Seated Baboon c.1989
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104 artworks by Dame Elisabeth Frink
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Biography

Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink (14 November 1930 – 18 April 1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker. Her Times obituary noted the three essential themes in her work as "the nature of Man; the 'horseness' of horses; and the divine in human form".

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Artworks

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  • Spinning Man I

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man II

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man III

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man IV

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man V

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
    On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives
  • Spinning Man VI

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man VII

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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  • Spinning Man VIII

    Dame Elisabeth Frink
    1965
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