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Sir Jacob Epstein
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description
- Sir Jacob Epstein
- sir winston churchill
- signed
- bronze
- height (including base): 40.5cm.; 16in.; width: 19.5cm.; 7¾in.; breadth: 17cm.; 6¾in.
Provenance
Mrs Lansell Jacobs, 1955
Sale, Sothebys, London, 22 June 1977, lot 76, whence purchased by the present owner
Sale, Sothebys, London, 22 June 1977, lot 76, whence purchased by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Landscapes by Ethelbert White and New Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, February - March 1947, no.40 (another cast);
London, Leicester Galleries, Fifty Years of Bronzes and Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), June - July 1960, no.43 (another cast).
Literature
Jacob Epstein, Epstein: An Autobiography, Hulton, London, 1955, p.230, illustrated (another cast);
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, Faber and Faber, 1963, p.302, illustrated pls.463 and 464 (another cast);
E.P. Schinman and B.A. Schinman (eds), Jacob Epstein. A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970, p.52, illustrated (another cast);
The Sunday Times, 'The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins', 21 February 1971;
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198, illustrated (another cast).
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, Faber and Faber, 1963, p.302, illustrated pls.463 and 464 (another cast);
E.P. Schinman and B.A. Schinman (eds), Jacob Epstein. A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970, p.52, illustrated (another cast);
The Sunday Times, 'The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins', 21 February 1971;
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198, illustrated (another cast).
Condition
There are traces of dirt in some of the crevices but the sculpture is in good overall condition.
Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee and executed in November 1946. Churchill gave Epstein six sittings for this portrait, usually dictating to secretaries whilst doing so. The last three sittings were at Chartwell.