Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Third Portrait Bust of Sunita (Bust with Necklace) bronze with a dark green patina 58 cm. (22 7/8 in.) high Conceived in 1926 Fußnoten Provenance Arnold Haskell With The Fine Art Society, London, 1974 With Artarmon Galleries, Sydney Sir Warwick & Lady Fairfax Collection, Sydney Thence by descent to the present owners Exhibited London, Leicester Galleries, New Work in Sculpture by Jacob Epstein June-July 1926, cat.no.14 (another cast); this exhibition travelled to, New York, Ferargil Gallery, November-December 1927 Sydney, David Jones' Art Gallery, Jacob Epstein Portraits in Bronze, 10-29 May 1976, cat.no.10 Literature Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein New York and Cleveland, 1942, p.236, cat.no.124 (another cast) Richard Buckle Jacob Epstein Sculptor, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1963, p.146, pl.223 (ill.b&w,. another cast) Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p.159, cat.no.166 (ill.b&w, another cast) We are grateful to Dr. Evelyn Silber for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Third Portrait Bust of Sunita (Bust with Necklace) bronze with a dark green patina 58 cm. (22 7/8 in.) high Conceived in 1926 Fußnoten Provenance Arnold Haskell With The Fine Art Society, London, 1974 With Artarmon Galleries, Sydney Sir Warwick & Lady Fairfax Collection, Sydney Thence by descent to the present owners Exhibited London, Leicester Galleries, New Work in Sculpture by Jacob Epstein June-July 1926, cat.no.14 (another cast); this exhibition travelled to, New York, Ferargil Gallery, November-December 1927 Sydney, David Jones' Art Gallery, Jacob Epstein Portraits in Bronze, 10-29 May 1976, cat.no.10 Literature Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein New York and Cleveland, 1942, p.236, cat.no.124 (another cast) Richard Buckle Jacob Epstein Sculptor, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1963, p.146, pl.223 (ill.b&w,. another cast) Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p.159, cat.no.166 (ill.b&w, another cast) We are grateful to Dr. Evelyn Silber for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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