
Not on display
- Artist
- Dame Elisabeth Frink 1930–1993
- Medium
- Plaster and steel
- Dimensions
- Object: 740 × 725 × 170 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Lin Jammet, the artist's son 1998
- Reference
- T07420
Display caption
This plaster sculpture was made for a commission by St Mary's Lutheran Church in London, where the final bronze version can be found. Of the generation of post-war sculptors, Frink was most consistently in demand for such commissions. Religious subjects allowed her to investigate the theme of masculinity and the male body in various manifestations. Here Christ is seen as a thin, even gaunt, figure and Frink's typically raw treatment of the surface accentuates the sense of a body ravaged by pain. Nevertheless the figure also retains an aura of nobility. The visionary simplicity of the sculpture reflects Lutheran beliefs, inspiring contemplation without the distraction of excessive adornment.
Gallery label, August 2004
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