Lot 35
  • 35

Sir Jacob Epstein

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Jacob Epstein
  • Nude Study D (Betty Peters)
  • bronze
  • height: 34.5cm.; 13½in.

Provenance

Lady Epstein
Jackson's (Pictures) Ltd, Nantwich, whence acquired by the present owner, 16th December 1963

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, Landscapes by Ethelbert White and New Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, February - March 1947, cat. no.15 (another cast).

Literature

Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber and Faber Limited, London, p.281, illustrated pl.433 (another cast);
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford, 1986, cat. no.344, illustrated p.193 (another cast).

Condition

Dirt has gathered in some of the crevices otherwise the sculpture is in good overall condition. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work
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Catalogue Note

Conceived in 1943-5.