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Betty May (head)
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Betty May (head)
bronze with light brown patina
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1919.
Betty May (head)
bronze with light brown patina
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1919.
Literature
A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell. A Series of conversations on Art, London, 1931, p. 176.
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, p. 223, no. 87.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculpture, London, 1963, pp. 96-9, pl. 150, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 146, no. 105, another cast illustrated.
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, p. 223, no. 87.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculpture, London, 1963, pp. 96-9, pl. 150, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 146, no. 105, another cast illustrated.
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