Sir Jacob Epstein

Unexamined out of frame. There are several small tears and scuffs to the sheet towards the lower edge. There is some cracking and associated losses apparent in the thicker areas of gouache, this is most notable in the white tones. There is some studio matter and surface detritus apparent, mainly towards the lower edge. There are two small creases along the left vertical edge. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a simple painted wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if have any questions regarding the present work.
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‘From about 1910 to 1930, Jacob Epstein was the best artist working in England, and he defended most nobly the repeated assaults of philistinism. He started as a master of style; he ended as a master of truth.’

Kenneth Clark, quoted in Epstein Centenary 1980, Bronzes, Drawings and Watercolours (exh. cat.), Ben Uri Gallery, London, 1980, p. 3.