Impressive heads indeed - especially that last one! The kid looks very natural there. Or maybe it's the statue that has such a natural pose with the kid's head peaking out.
I agree, Sheila, the whole ensemble looks as if it was meant. With the old fashioned (!) hold-up-to-the-eye camera I had not noticed the little boy coming up to the sculpture. Frink's figures are largely enigmatic with tendencies ranging from aggressive to in this case benevolent. And then the little boy vanished as quickly as he had appeared.
Thank you for these. It's always such a pleasure seeing her sculptures, and particularly the heads, as you say. The one with the little boy I had not seen before.
What a lovely encounter. That little boy is perhaps beginning his art appreciation young. May he continue to appreciate the wonderful Frink into adulthood!
Margaret, I suspect that he was simply playfully inserting himself in my picture rather than paying much attention to the sculpture. But one can but hope.
Impressive heads indeed - especially that last one! The kid looks very natural there. Or maybe it's the statue that has such a natural pose with the kid's head peaking out.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Sheila, the whole ensemble looks as if it was meant. With the old fashioned (!) hold-up-to-the-eye camera I had not noticed the little boy coming up to the sculpture. Frink's figures are largely enigmatic with tendencies ranging from aggressive to in this case benevolent.
DeleteAnd then the little boy vanished as quickly as he had appeared.
Thank you for these. It's always such a pleasure seeing her sculptures, and particularly the heads, as you say. The one with the little boy I had not seen before.
ReplyDeleteEirene, she made a few versions of the Seated or Sitting Man, and it is fun spotting which of these - or her other figures one encounters.
DeleteWhat a lovely encounter. That little boy is perhaps beginning his art appreciation young. May he continue to appreciate the wonderful Frink into adulthood!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I suspect that he was simply playfully inserting himself in my picture rather than paying much attention to the sculpture. But one can but hope.
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