Lot Essay
The sitter was an actress who later became Lady Paulett.
Second Portrait of Oriel Ross (head)
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of Oriel Ross (head)
signed 'Epstein' (on the reverse)
bronze with a brown patina
14½ in. (36.9 cm.) high excluding base
Conceived in 1926
Second Portrait of Oriel Ross (head)
signed 'Epstein' (on the reverse)
bronze with a brown patina
14½ in. (36.9 cm.) high excluding base
Conceived in 1926
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.151, pl.231 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.168, p.159 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.168, p.159 (another cast illustrated).