Lot Essay
Commissioned in November 1946 by the War Artist's Advisory Committee
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Winston Churchill
bronze with a green patina
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Conceived in 1946
Sir Winston Churchill
bronze with a green patina
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Conceived in 1946
Provenance
Robert H. Jackson, Cork, by whom purchased direct from the artist
Hugo Dixon, Memphis, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1960
Hugo Dixon, Memphis, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1960
Literature
J. Epstein, An Autobiography, London, 1955, p.230 (another cast illustrated)
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p.302, pls.463-64 E.P. and B.A. Schinman (eds.), Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New York, 1970, p.52 (another cast illustrated)
Sunday Times, The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins, 21 Feb. 1971
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198 (another cast illustrated)
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p.302, pls.463-64 E.P. and B.A. Schinman (eds.), Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, New York, 1970, p.52 (another cast illustrated)
Sunday Times, The Case of the Multiplying Epsteins, 21 Feb. 1971
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.371, p.198 (another cast illustrated)