Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle
Jacob Epstein
John Gielgud Head
Auction Closed
June 7, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle
Jacob Epstein
1880 - 1959
John Gielgud Head
bronze
height (not including base): 40cm.; 15¾in.
height (including base): 50.5cm.; 20in.
Conceived and cast in 1933, the present work is from the edition of 6.
We are grateful to Evelyn Silber for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Acquired by the present owners prior to 2017
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Jacob Epstein, December 1933
London, Leicester Galleries, Sale of Sculptures from Epstein's Estate, 1968
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no. 235, illustrated p. 174 (another cast)
Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, World Publishing Company, New York and Cleveland, 1942, no. 184, illustrated p. 139 (another cast)
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber & Faber, London, 1963, no. 315, illustrated p. 204 (another cast)
This work was originally commissioned by an admirer of the prominent actor.
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