1967
Lithograph
h79cm x w59cm

Signed; numbered from the edition of 25. Inscribed ‘Studio Proof’ (lower right).

Lioness is part of Images 67, a collection of nine lithographs of animals by Frink named after the year of their creation.

Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) was a British sculptor and printmaker most well-known for her large busts of men and animals. Frink’s childhood was spent near an airbase in Suffolk, where she became a firsthand witness to the physical and mental damage that the Second World War wreaked on British soldiers. Her proximity to an airbase meant hearing frequent air raids and plane crashes—these experiences would later inform Frink’s practice, as she would go on to capture the poignant valour and vulnerability of man.