Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Maquettes for Social Consciousness

细节

Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Epstein, J.
Maquettes for Social Consciousness
bronze with brown patina
21 x 12 x 8 in. (54.5 x 32.5 x 20.2 cm.)
Executed in 1951-1952

来源

Leicster Galleries, London (acquired in 1966; by descent to the present owner).

出版

E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no. 450 (another cast illustrated, p. 211).

拍品专文

The original maquette was conceived as part of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial in Philadelphia. Epstein began work on the project in 1949 and worked on the ambitious project for several years. Epstein only used the central figure in the large scale bronze memorial.