Elisabeth Frink: career timeline
British · 1930–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 72 of 130 lots (55% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $3.1kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 18 | 14 | $16.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 36 | 26 | $2.4kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 16 | 14 | $3kSign up | Etching |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $3.9kSign up | Screenprint |
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1950s 1 work
1956 Bird (Maquette)$3.1kSign up
1960s 18 works
- Sold
- 14 of 18
- Median
- $16.9kSign up
- Average
- $18.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 10.5 in (58 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (10), Lithograph (5), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (7), Birds (3)
1960 Fallen Man, 1960$59.7kSign up
1960 Warrior Birds, 1960$7kSign up
c. 1960 Sentinel III, circa 1960$41.7kSign up
1960 Warriors, 1960$1.1kSign up
1963 WARRIOR HEAD, 1963$10.6kSign up
1964 Small Bird II$23.7kSign up
1965 Study for Standard IV (Frink Catalogue Raisonné 152)Unsold
1965 SPINNING MAN VIII (WISEMAN 9)Unsold
1965 New Bird II, 1965$18.9kSign up
1965 Homme Libellule II, 1965$18.9kSign up
1965 Soldiers Head IV$33.2kSign up
1965 Spinning Man VII$470Sign up
Show 6 more (1960s)
1967 Wild Boar, from ImagesResult not published
1967 Untitled$5.1kSign up
1967 Images 67$15kSign up
1968 Æsop's Fables$1.3kSign up
1969 Man with Goggles$24.5kSign up
1969 Man with GogglesUnsold
1970s 36 works
- Sold
- 26 of 36
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $15.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 23 in (56 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (18), Etching (9), Sculpture (5)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (13), Figures & portraits (2)
1970 Horse and Rider$2.6kSign up
1970 HARE, FROM 'EIGHT ANIMALS' (WISEMAN 38)$1.2kSign up
1970 Lynx, from 'Eight Animals' (Wiseman 37)Unsold
1970 The Canterbury Tales I: three plates; and The Canterbury Tales II: thirteen plates (W. 28-30a; 60-62; 65-70; 72; 74-76)$626Sign up
1970 Lynx, from 'Eight Animals' (Wiseman 37)Unsold
1970 MILLER'S TALE I$215Sign up
1970 THE MILLERS TALE II$607Sign up
1970 Horse and Rider, 1970$793Sign up
1970 Horse and Rider, 1970$1.9kSign up
1970 Small horse and rider, 1970 (Wiseman 40)$2.1kSign up
1970 THE GREY RIDER$2kSign up
1970 THE GREY RIDER$1.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1971 Small Boar$18.3kSign up
1971 MAN AND HORSE V$3.9kSign up
1971 UNTITLED (HORSE AND RECLINING RIDER)$3.2kSign up
1971 Eagle with Outstretched WingsUnsold
1971 C.A.S. Horse and Rider; and Tawny Owl, from Six Owls (W. 49; 121)$5.2kSign up
1971 Man and Horse IUnsold
1972 TWO WORKS FROM 'CANTERBURY TALES II': THE SECOND NUN'S TALE & THE PARDONER'S TALEUnsold
1972 TWO WORKS FROM 'CANTERBURY TALES II': THE SECOND NUN'S TALE & THE PARDONER'S TALEUnsold
1972 Lying Down Horse (Wiseman 57)$600Sign up
1972 Etchings Illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury Tales$5.3kSign up
1972 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a complete set of etchingsUnsold
1972 CHANTICLEER AND PERTOLOTE and CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX, 1972 (A PAIR)$2.8kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 16 works
- Sold
- 14 of 16
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $6.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 24.5 in (55 × 63 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (8), Lithograph (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Cattle & animals (2), Landscapes (1)
1980 Viszla B (W. 125)$4.8kSign up
1980 Viszla A (W. 124)$3.9kSign up
c. 1980 Strawberry Roan (W. 122); and Anthony and Cleopatra (W. 128)$3.1kSign up
1980 Rolling Over Horse (W. 123)$2.9kSign up
1982 SEATED NUDE (FROM 'THIRTY FIVE ARTISTS PRINTMAKING' PORTFOLIO), 1982$946Sign up
1982 ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA$436Sign up
1982 Nude (W. 127)$313Sign up
1983 Road to Chartres$2.9kSign up
1985 LEAPING MAN, 1985$46.3kSign up
1986 BULL, 1986 (WISEMAN 136)$2.6kSign up
1986 MAN, 1986 (WISEMAN 137)$1.4kSign up
1988 Dog (W. 139)$4.2kSign up
Show 4 more (1980s)
1988 Head II, 1988$5.6kSign up
1988 Head, 1988$7.6kSign up
1988 CHILDREN OF THE GODS SERIES, 1988 (SET OF THREE)Unsold
1988 THE KALYDONEAN BOAR and HADES AND PERSEPHONE, 1988 [A PAIR]Unsold
1990s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
58 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 14.5 in (55 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
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sold 2007 BELLEROPHON$1.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 30.5 in (57 × 77 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (6), Etching (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (4)
sold 2010 Man and Horse II$3.6kSign up
sold 2013 Rejoneadora III$926Sign up
sold 2013 Untitled$1.4kSign up
sold 2013 Corrida Two$501Sign up
sold 2013 Corrida One$423Sign up
sold 2015 Untitled$1.5kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2016 Horse$2.7kSign up
sold 2016 Study of a Bull$1.1kSign up
sold 2016 The Shipman's Tale$72Sign up
sold 2017 Two Bull-Fighting ScenesUnsold
sold 2018 Menelaus and Helen from The Odyssey$397Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$517Sign up
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 44 works
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Elisabeth Frink auction results →