Lot 50
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Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Sunita and Anita Asleep

Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sunita and Anita Asleep
signed 'Epstein' (lower right)
pencil
19 x 21½ in. (48.3 x 54.7 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner's father at the 1961 exhibition.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Waverley Market, Epstein: Edinburgh Festival Society Memorial Exhibition, August - September 1961, catalogue not traced.
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Lot Essay

The present owner's father was Sir Jack Lyons. Lyons assisted in funding the memorial exhibition of the works of Sir Jacob Epstein at the Edinburgh Festival of 1961 after being approached by Lord Harewood, the Festival director. When the exhibition closed Lyons purchased some of the works (see lot 51).

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