Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1903-1993)

Goggled Head II (Teeth)

Details
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1903-1993)
Goggled Head II (Teeth)
signed and numbered 'Frink 2/6' (on the shoulder)
bronze with a gold brown patina and polished goggles
25 in. (65.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1969
Literature
E. Mullins (intro.), The Art of Elisabeth Frink, London, 1972, no.110 (another cast illustrated).
B. Robertson, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture, Salisbury, 1984, p.175, no.181 (another cast illustrated).
S. Kent, Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture and Drawings, 1985, pp.41 and 52, no.59 (another cast illustrated).
E. Lucie-Smith and E. Frink, Frink, A Portrait, London, 1994, p.61 (another cast illustrated).

Lot Essay

Sarah Kent (op. cit. p.15) says that the Goggled Heads 'represent a dramatic shift from the highly textured expressionism of her work until then. These oversized bully-boys are sophisticated criminal types that travel in gangs, glinting goggles obscuring their eyes and hiding their identities. Their heavy, Desperate Dan jaws, flattened noses and thick necks give them a murderous appearance, while satanic grins and a smoothness of surface texture add a flavour of suave sophistication and cynicism to their malevolence'.

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