Lot Essay
The actress Joan Greenwood was the childhood friend of the artist's daughter Peggy Jean and he had first modelled her head in 1931.
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Second Portrait of Joan Greenwood
Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of Joan Greenwood
signed 'Epstein' (on the back)
bronze with a green patina
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high
Conceived in 1948
Second Portrait of Joan Greenwood
signed 'Epstein' (on the back)
bronze with a green patina
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high
Conceived in 1948
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.316, pl.485 (another cast illustrated).
E.P. and B.A. Schinman, Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward Schinman, New Jersey, 1970, p.86 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.397, p.202 (another cast illustrated).
E.P. and B.A. Schinman, Jacob Epstein A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward Schinman, New Jersey, 1970, p.86 (another cast illustrated).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no.397, p.202 (another cast illustrated).