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Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse
Black Horse

© The Executors of the Frink Estate and Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

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A walking horse on a shallow plinth, mounted on a pedestal.
Title

Black Horse

Date

1978

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

MK9_JR_S016

Acquisition method

funded by Lloyds Bank; purchased by Milton Keynes Development Corporation

Work type

Equestrian

Owner

Milton Keynes Council

Custodian

Public Arts Trust Milton Keynes

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

etched on the plinth by the horse's right back foot: Frink; inscribed on the corner of the plinth beyond the horse's right front foot: CAST BY / MERIDIAN BRONZE CO / LONDON

Inscription description

inscribed on a metal plaque screwed into the top of the pedestal: Elisabeth Frink / Black Horse / 1978; etched into the front of the pedestal: LLOYDS COURT / 1976

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Located at

Secklow Gate West, Milton Keynes

MK9 3AT

Situated in the carpark near the corner of Secklow Gate and Silbury Boulevard.