Live Auction 1158Modern British And Irish Art Day Sale
Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A (1930-1993)
Lot 205 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RENEE L. RUPERT GRANVILLE-GROSSMAN

Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A (1930-1993)

Goggle Head I

Closed21 November 2013

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GBP 104,500

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Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A (1930-1993)
Goggle Head I
signed and numbered 'Frink/6/6' (on the reverse)
bronze with a dark brown and polished patina
25½ in. (63.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1969.

with Beaux Arts, Bath, where purchased by the present owner, April 1989.

Specialist note

'I think my first fully conscious comment on the world's inhumanity were the Goggle Heads. When I moved to France I got interested in the Algerian War, which was then just only over. It still rumbled away, the horror of it. What really triggered the series were some rather extraordinary photographs of people like General Oufkir [Morocco]. They all hid behind dark glasses, and these became a symbol of evil for me. The title 'Goggle Heads' was rather facetious, a way of dealing with the horror of the imagery. At the same time photographs played an important part in suggesting my images' (E. Frink quoted in A. Ratuszniak (ed.), op. cit.).