Louisa Hutchinson, née Luisa Friedericke Susanna Wolf and also later known as the photographer Li Osborne (her second married name), was a self-taught artist who began to make sculpture of heads in bronze and terracotta in about 1942 while living in Ascona, Switzerland. In 1945 she moved to East Bergholt, Suffolk, England where she continued to sculpt. Three-fold Head (1953) was purchased from the artist for the Contemporary Art Society in 1953 at the International sculpture competition : the unknown political prisoner : British preliminary exhibition, New Burlington Galleries, 3 Old Burlington Street, London W1, 15 -30 January, 1953 organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts by E.C. 'Peter' Gregory (1888-1959), one of the ICA co-founders in 1946; the CAS Honorary Secretary in 1950s; and whose eponymous creative arts fellowships were set up in Leeds University in 1943. Hutchinson was one of 12 British artists to be involved in the international exhibition which included 3,500 artists from 57 countries. This expressive piece was originally presented to the V&A but transferred to the Tate in 1983.
