Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Emperor Haile Selaissie

Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Emperor Haile Selaissie
bronze with a brown patina
48 in. (121.8 cm.) high
Conceived in 1936
Provenance
Gift of Emil Eisenberg and Norman Robbins.
Literature
J. Epstein, Let There be Sculpture, London, 1940, pp.101-2 (another cast illustrated).
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, p.242, no.225.
J. Epstein, Epstein An Autobiography, London, 1955, pp.83-4 (another cast illustrated).
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.226, pl.347-8 (another cast illustrated).
E.P. and B.A. Schinman, Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New Jersey, 1970, p.95 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.270, p.181 (another cast illustrated).

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