Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn
Sir Jacob Epstein
Illustration to Whitman's Calamus
Auction Closed
June 7, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn
Sir Jacob Epstein
1880 - 1959
Illustration to Whitman's Calamus
pen, ink and watercolour on paper
unframed (visible sheet): 31 by 19.5cm.; 12¼ by 7¾in.
framed: 60 by 45.5cm.; 23½ by 18in.
Executed circa 1901.
Alister Mathews Esq
Acquired by the present owners prior to 1983
London, Boundary Gallery, Jacob Epstein Drawings and Illustrations, 2 July - 22 July 1987, with tour to the Minories, Colchester
Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery, Rebel Angel, 16 October 1980 - 30 November 1980, no. 1
Liverpool, Liverpool University, Jacob Epstein: The Biblical Themes, January - February 1981
Lady Epstein and Richard Buckle, Epstein Drawings, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1962, no. 6, p. 34
This is one from a series of twelve drawings which were based on Whitman's poem of the same name, which had lasting impact on Epstein.
