Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of George Bernard Shaw (head)
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a brown patina
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1934.
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of George Bernard Shaw (head)
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a brown patina
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Conceived in 1934.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 178, no. 253, another cast illustrated.
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