Lot Essay
In the National Museum of Women in the Arts Exhibition Catalogue, the artist discusses the 'In Memoriam' series, 'The group of heads that I started in 1975, a group of four heads with their eyes shut, are the Tribute heads and refer to people who have died for their beliefs. In a sense these sculptures are a tribute to Amnesty International. The heads represent the inhumanity of man - they are the heads of victims. The more recent heads of 1981, which I call In Memoriam and which form a pair, have their eyes open but are still an extension of the same theme: people who have been tortured for their beliefs, whatever they are. Recently I have completed another monumental head related to these two' (E. Frink, op.cit, p.53)