Lot 323
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Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Isobel Hughes

signed on the hair Epstein, bronze with a light green patina
12in. (31cm) high excluding polished stone base

Conceived and cast in 1950
Literature
R. Buckle, acob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, pp.58, 59, no.84, 85
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, pp. 43, 208, 214, no.432 (another cast illustrated)

Lot Essay

This piece was commissioned by the sitter's family in 1950. The head was subsequentely used for the fourth door handle for the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus in Cavendish Square, commissioned in 1952 by Louis Osman
(See E. Silber, Op. Cit.)

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