Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Victor
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina, on a marble base
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1949.
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Victor
signed 'Epstein' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with a dark green patina, on a marble base
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1949.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963 p. 323, no. 500, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 205, no. 414, pl. 35, another cast illustrated.
London, The Foundling Museum, Babies and Bloomsbury, January - May 2015.
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.
Specialist note
Victor was the son of the West African cook who worked for the Epsteins in 1949.
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