Sir Jacob Epstein

Lady Epstein, from whom acquired by J. McMullen, proprietor of the Obelisk Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 1960, and thence by descent to the present owner

Leeds, Temple Newsam, Jacob Epstein, Matthew Smith, 12th July - 14th September 1942, cat. no.19 (another cast);
New Jersey, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, Exhibition of Sir Jacob Epstein Work from the Collection of Mr. Edward P. Schinman, 1967, illustrated p.65 (another cast).

Please see sothebys.com for the present work's literature references. 

The sculpture appears sound. There is some minor rubbing to some of the protruding edges of the work. There is some light surface dirt and minor oxidisation in places, and some minor traces of casting residue including an area to the top of the head. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in very good overall condition. The sculpture is freestanding. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Literature:

Bernard van Dieren, Epstein, London and New York, John Lane, 1920, illustrated pl.XLI (another cast);
Arnold Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Heinemann, London, 1931, p.171 (another cast);
Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture; An Autobiography, Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1940, pp.107-8 (another cast);
Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, World Publishing Company, New York, 1942, cat. no.47, illustrated pl.76 (another cast);
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber and Faber, London, 1963, pp.82-5, illustrated pl.127 (another cast);
Edward P. and Barbara Ann Schinman, Jacob Epstein, A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Fairleight Dickinson University Press, New Jersey, 1970, illustrated p.43 (another cast);
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1986, cat. no.72, illustrated pl.72 (another cast).

We are grateful to Evelyn Silber for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.