Soldier's Head II

细节

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)
Soldier's Head II
signed and numbered 'Frink 1/6' (at the base of the back of the neck)
bronze with a brown patina
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high
Conceived in 1965

来源

Anon. sale; Christie's, 19 May 1972, lot 133, where purchased by the present owner.

出版

B. Robertson, Elisabeth Frink Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, p. 163, no. 117 (another cast illustrated).

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Discussing Frink's changing attitude towards violence and the military, Bryan Robertson (op. cit., p. 59) comments on the Soldiers Head series, 'Several thick-set and brutish heads present the faces of our contemporaries. Their heavy jaws, cruel mouths, broken noses and cauliflower ears make it plain that these men are not heroes and that, unlike their idealized classical counterparts, nobility, honour and courage are foreign to their natures'.