.jpg?maxwidth=3840)
Lot 129
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Winston Churchill
Closed26 November 2015
Price Realised
GBP 110,500
More Information
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1946.
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1946.
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1946.
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1946.
Purchased by the present owner's father circa 1960.
J. Epstein, Epstein: An Autobiography, London, 1955, p. 230, another cast illustrated.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 302, pls 463 and 464, another cast illustrated.
E.P. Schinman and B.A. Schinman (eds), Jacob Epstein, A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Cranbury, 1970, p. 52, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 198, no. 371, another cast illustrated.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 302, pls 463 and 464, another cast illustrated.
E.P. Schinman and B.A. Schinman (eds), Jacob Epstein, A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Cranbury, 1970, p. 52, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 198, no. 371, another cast illustrated.
London, Leicester Galleries, Landscapes by Ethelbert White and New Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, February - March 1947, no. 40, another cast exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Fifty Years of Bronzes and Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein, June - July 1960, no. 43, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Society, Epstein: Memorial Exhibition, August – September 1961, no. 127, another cast exhibited.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Epstein Memorial Exhibition, November 1961, no. 53, another cast exhibited.
Rutherford, Fairleigh Dickinson University, The Works of Sir Jacob Epstein From the Collection of Mr Edward P. Schinman, February - April 1967, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
London, Leicester Galleries, Fifty Years of Bronzes and Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein, June - July 1960, no. 43, another cast exhibited.
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Society, Epstein: Memorial Exhibition, August – September 1961, no. 127, another cast exhibited.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Epstein Memorial Exhibition, November 1961, no. 53, another cast exhibited.
Rutherford, Fairleigh Dickinson University, The Works of Sir Jacob Epstein From the Collection of Mr Edward P. Schinman, February - April 1967, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.