Live Auction 553220th Century British Art
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Lot 130

Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)

Closed16 December 2010

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GBP 8,750

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Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)
bronze with a dark green patina
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1949.

Specialist note

'Usually dated 1949, but Epstein refers to its completion in October 1948 (Epstein to P. Hornstein 31.10.1948' (see E.Silber, Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 204).