Torso
attributed to Elizabeth Goldfinger (1936 - 2024)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1955 - 1980
Materials
Wood
Measurements
210 x 160 x 130 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112754
Summary
A female torso carved from a block of wood (lime?), roughly carved with many tool marks on the surfaces, sloping at top. Wooden carved block in the form of a torso, uneven marks all over from the tools, with a sloping top with uneven cutting. Large split runs down front, through right breast; other smaller splits in wood. Inscribed on underside of base ‘GOLDFINGER’. This might suggest that it is a work by the Goldfinger’s daughter Elizabeth (born 1936), who trained and worked as a furniture designer, although Ursula Goldfinger was also a practising artist.
Provenance
Owned by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, also known as Mrs Ernö Goldfinger. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (2 Willow Road, The Ernő Goldfinger Collection)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Signature (?) on underside of torso: GOLDFINGER
Makers and roles
attributed to Elizabeth Goldfinger (1936 - 2024), sculptor