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Bust of Joseph Conrad
Details
SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959)
Bust of Joseph Conrad
signed 'Epstein' (on the back)
bronze with a dark brown patina
22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1924 and cast in an edition of 6.
Bust of Joseph Conrad
signed 'Epstein' (on the back)
bronze with a dark brown patina
22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1924 and cast in an edition of 6.
Literature
A. Rutherston, Contemporary British Artists: Jacob Epstein, London, 1925, p. 6, pl. 35, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 156, no. 148, pl. 15, another cast illustrated.
R. Cork, Jacob Epstein, London, 1999, p. 46, no. 38, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 156, no. 148, pl. 15, another cast illustrated.
R. Cork, Jacob Epstein, London, 1999, p. 46, no. 38, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Society, Epstein, August - September 1961, no. 197, another cast exhibited.
Rye, Art Gallery, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1965, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Sculpture and Drawings from 1900 to 1932 by Sir Jacob Epstein, June - July 1971, no. 30, another cast exhibited.
Birmingham, Museum & Art Gallery, Rebel Angel: Sculpture and Watercolours by Sir Jacob Epstein 1880-1959, October - November 1980, no. 13, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Galleries, The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings, April - June 1987, no. 93, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, July - September 1987.
Rye, Art Gallery, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1965, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Sculpture and Drawings from 1900 to 1932 by Sir Jacob Epstein, June - July 1971, no. 30, another cast exhibited.
Birmingham, Museum & Art Gallery, Rebel Angel: Sculpture and Watercolours by Sir Jacob Epstein 1880-1959, October - November 1980, no. 13, another cast exhibited.
Leeds, City Art Galleries, The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings, April - June 1987, no. 93, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, July - September 1987.
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