Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Details

Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

First Bust of Miriam Plichte

bronze with brown/green patina
18in. (45.7cm.) high

Conceived in 1921

Provenance

J.G. McMullen, London

Literature

A.L. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, London, 1931, p.178 (another cast illustrated)
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, p.233, no.86
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, no.168 (another cast illustrated)
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.120 (plaster illustrated)

Lot Essay

Miriam Plichte was a Russian girl and Epstein made two busts of her in 1921. The Second Bust includes her upper torso and folded arms

Evelyn Silber records that there are two casts of this piece

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