Elisabeth Frink 1930-1993
Assassin 2, 1963
Bronze
20 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 6 1/4 in
52.1 x 17.5 x 16 cm
52.1 x 17.5 x 16 cm
Edition 2 of 8
Signed Frink, and numbered 2/8
Elisabeth Frink’s bronze sculptures Assassins I and Assassins II (1963) have long been associated with the shooting of John F. Kennedy, as they were first exhibited at the Wadsworth Gallery...
Elisabeth Frink’s bronze sculptures Assassins I and Assassins II (1963) have long been associated with the shooting of John F. Kennedy, as they were first exhibited at the Wadsworth Gallery on November 28th 1963, just six days after the assassination. It is very unlikely however that Frink made these pieces in response to the shooting due to the timescale.
Provenance
Private Collection, UKOffer Waterman, 2004
Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, EF: Humans and Other Animals, Oct. 13, 2018 to Feb. 24, 2019Literature
Jill Wilder, EF Sculpture Catalogue Raisonne, Harpvale Books, 1984, cat no. 105 illust b/w, page 159Calvin Winner (ed), Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, EF: Humans and Other Animals, Oct. 13, 2018 to Feb. 24, 2019, Exhibition Catalogue, page 120
