Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Ann Freud
signed 'Epstein' (on the hair)
bronze with a gold patina
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high excluding base
Conceived in 1949-50
Provenance
Acquired by the present owners in November 1957.
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, pls.521-22 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.418, p.206 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Lot Essay
The sitter is the eldest daughter of Lucian Freud and Kitty Epstein.