Lot 114
  • 114

Sir Jacob Epstein

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Sir Jacob Epstein
  • Second Portrait of Kathleen
  • Inscribed Epstein
  • Bronze
  • Height: 16 in.
  • 40.6 cm
  • Conceived in January 1922.

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner (potentially directly from the artist)
Thence by descent

Literature

Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, no. 176, illustration of another cast p. 112
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no. 130, illustration of another cast p. 151

Condition

Bronze with a dark brown patina. There are green accretions and surface dirt and dust throughout. In generally good condition.
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