Lot Essay
The sitter was Peter Hughes. His head was later used for one of the four door handles commissioned by Louis Osman for the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus in Cavendish Square, London in 1952.
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Peter laughing
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Peter laughing
signed 'Epstein' (on the reverse)
bronze with a brown patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1948
Peter laughing
signed 'Epstein' (on the reverse)
bronze with a brown patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Conceived in 1948
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.318, pls.488-89 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.401, p.203, (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.401, p.203, (another cast illustrated).