Lot Essay
Commissioned in November 1946 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee.
Sir Winston Churchill
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Winston Churchill
bronze with a green patina
12in. (30.5cm.) high excluding hopton stone base
Conceived in 1946, the second cast in the original edition of ten. Sold with a photocopy of a letter from Lady Epstein dated 17 June 1963, stating the number of the edition
Sir Winston Churchill
bronze with a green patina
12in. (30.5cm.) high excluding hopton stone base
Conceived in 1946, the second cast in the original edition of ten. Sold with a photocopy of a letter from Lady Epstein dated 17 June 1963, stating the number of the edition
Provenance
Lord's Gallery, London, 1963, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J. Epstein, An Autobiography, London, 1955, p.230 (another cast illustrated).
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p.302, pls. 463-64.
E.P. and B.A. Schinman (Eds.), Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New York, 1970, p.52 (another cast illustrated).
Sunday Times, The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins, 21 Feb. 1971.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198 (another cast illustrated).
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p.302, pls. 463-64.
E.P. and B.A. Schinman (Eds.), Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New York, 1970, p.52 (another cast illustrated).
Sunday Times, The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins, 21 Feb. 1971.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198 (another cast illustrated).