Null λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959), PICCANINNY
λ SIR JACOB E…

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λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959), PICCANINNY λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959)PICCANINNYBronze with green patina 22.3cm (8¾in.) High exc. baseConceived in 1940. Literature:R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.254, pl. 390Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p.188, no. 310, another cast illustrated The present lot illustrates the daughter of Marie Tracey who was a model used by Epstein for his war time study series including catalogue no. 297, executed in 1938.

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λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959), PICCANINNY λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959)PICCANINNYBronze with green patina 22.3cm (8¾in.) High exc. baseConceived in 1940. Literature:R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.254, pl. 390Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p.188, no. 310, another cast illustrated The present lot illustrates the daughter of Marie Tracey who was a model used by Epstein for his war time study series including catalogue no. 297, executed in 1938.

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† Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Figure on a bed, pencil, 26.5 cm x 31 cm, framed and glazed 46 cm x 50 cm, together with a 'Twentieth Century European and British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture' Phillips catalogue, this work is listed on page 24 Private collection, deceased estate. This drawing is sealed in the frame and glazed - it has not been inspected out of the frame. Paper discoloured to a dark brown. Signs of a small tear bottom left corner.

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