Soldier's Head II

Details

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

Provenance

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

Literature

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

Special notice

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.

Lot Essay

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'.

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