Property of a Distinguished Gentleman of Title Sir Jacob Ep...

Hammer

£9,500

Property of a Distinguished Gentleman of Title

Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Bust of Joseph Conrad
Signed 'Epstein' (on the back)
Bronze with a green and brown patina
Conceived in 1924
This work is cast 5 from an edition of 6

Provenance: 
William B. Leeds, Virgin Islands. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 5 April 1967, lot 69. B.
Gerald Cantor, Beverly Hills. Leona L. Palmer, Beverly Hills. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 December 2006, lot 30.
Christie's London, November 21, 2019 [Lot 00281]
Modern | British & Irish Art. Where acquired by the present owner. 

Literature:
A. Rutherston, Contemporary British Artists: Jacob Epstein, London, 1925, p. 6, pl. 35, another cast illustrated. E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, p. 156, no. 148, pl. 15, another cast illustrated. R. Cork, Jacob Epstein, London, 1999, p. 46, no. 38, another cast illustrated.

Dimensions:
19.5 in. (H) x 22.5 in. (W, excluding base)