THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (b.1930)

Details
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (b.1930)

In Memoriam III

signed and numbered on the back Frink , bronze with a dark brown patina
52in. (132cm.) high

Conceived and cast in 1983 in an edition of six
Literature
B. Robertson, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture, Salisbury, 1984, no.284 (another cast illustrated)

Exhibited
Washington, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Elisabeth Frink, 1990, no.44 (illustrated in colour)

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)

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