Sir Jacob Epstein

The present sculpture is one of seven portraits of the artist's second wife, Kathleen Garman. Their daughter Kitty married Lucien Freud.

Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture, London, 1940, illustration of another cast
Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, no. 22, p. 241 (as dating from 1936)
Jacob Epstein, Let There be Sculpture (revised), London, 1955, illustration of the plaster p. 95
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, 1963, illustrations of other casts pls. 339-41
Edward P. Schinman, Jacob Epstein.  A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New Jersey, 1970, illustration of another cast p. 59
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, London, 1986, no. 262, illustration of another cast p. 180

On a wooden base 17 1/2 by 22 1/2 in. The bronze has a green patina. There is surface dirt and dust and a minor number of white accretions scattered across the surface. There are a few small losses to the patina: one small area in the left neck, one small area in the right neck, one along the chin and one along the left jawline. In otherwise generally good condition.
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