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Sir Jacob Epstein

Rita Romilly

Lot Closed

March 14, 02:09 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Sir Jacob Epstein

1880 - 1959

Rita Romilly


bronze

height (not including base): 33cm.; 13in.; height (including base): 37cm.; 14½in.

Conceived in 1937.

Private Collection, since 1970s

Their Sale, Sotheby's London, 15 November 2011, lot 200, where acquired by the present owner

Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, World Publishing Company, New York, 1942, cat. no. 232, p. 242

Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber & Faber, London, 1963, illustrated pl. 361, p. 231

Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, cat. no. 284, p. 184, illustrated

Rita Romilly (1900-1980) was a stage actress whom Epstein met in New York in 1927 and later taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. She apparently coached Paul Robeson for his role in Othello.