Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
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Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Second Portrait of Oriel Ross (head)

Details
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Second Portrait of Oriel Ross (head)
bronze with a dark brown patina
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high, excluding marble base
Conceived in 1926.
Provenance
Lady Epstein, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein: Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 195, no. 297, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Jacob Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 159, no. 168, another version illustrated.
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

The sitter was an actress who later became Lady Paulett.

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