Lot Essay
'Usually dated 1949, but Epstein refers to its completion in October 1948 (Epstein to P. Hornstein 31.10.1948' (see E.Silber, Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 204).
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Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)
bronze with a dark green patina
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1949.
Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)
bronze with a dark green patina
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1949.
Literature
R. Buckle, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, pp. 324-325, p. 80, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 204, no. 410, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 204, no. 410, another cast illustrated.
Special notice
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