MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION
Sir JACOB EPSTEIN
[1880-1959]
JACOB EPSTEIN
Kathleen ll
1922
bronze
edition of 6
signed
39 cm high
Provenance: Leicester Galleries Arthur Andrews [1906-66]
pre-1950; Bournemouth and Poole College collection.
Literature: 'Epstein' Silber 130
JACOB EPSTEIN
Madonna and Child
1926-7
bronze
edition of 6
48 cm and 29 cm high
Provenance: Edward Schinman
collection, USA [the greatest collection of Epstein's work]
Literature: 'The Sculpture of Epstein', E Silber, 1986
p. 161, no. 176 [cast no. 2].
'Jacob Epstein - the Schinman collection', 1970, Fairleigh Dickinson', p. 65, [illust].
JACOB EPSTEIN
Oriel Ross
[2nd portrait]
1926
bronze
edition of 3
41 cm high
Provenance: Leicester Galleries
c. 1943; Sir Michael Kroyer- Kielberg [died 1958] coll'n.+
Literature: Silber no. 168
JACOB EPSTEIN
Sheila
1924
bronze
edition of 6
[cast pre-1959]
35.5 cm high Provenance: Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Epstein' Silber 154
[only 2-3 known casts]
JACOB EPSTEIN
Deirdre
[2nd portrait - in a slip]
1941-2
bronze
edition of 8
signed
55 cm high
Provenance: Leicester Galleries,
1959; Max Aitkin [Lord Beaverbrook] collection;
Sothebys, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 118
Literature: 'Epstein', E Silber
no. 321 [cast no. 3]
Deirdre was his housekeeper and cook - one of his best models
JACOB EPSTEIN
Lydia
1929-30
bronze
edition of 6
signed
52 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Dr Leonard Hamilton [pre- 1949];
Millea Bros., USA, 2020
Literature: 'Epstein', Silber 193
JACOB EPSTEIN
Night
[maquette for stone carving]
1928
bronze
edition of 6
signed
36.5 cm high
Provenance: Jeffrey Sherwin;
Literature: 'Epstein', Silber, 188
Exhibited: 'Jacob Epstein', 1987
major one-man exhibition,
Whitechapel & Leeds City AG
p. 226, pl. 131 [this cast illust.]
JACOB EPSTEIN
Sir John Gielgud
1933
bronze
edition of 2
1/2
56.5 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
May Govett, 1933;
Alec Clunes, 1960
Exhibited:
Arthur Tooth, Dec. 1933
[this was the only sculpture in the one-man exhibition - this cast]
Literature: 'Epstein', Silber 235
Gielgud was only 28 when this was modelled and just becoming famous.
I have all of the letters between Epstein and Govett. Epstein said Gielgud was very pleased with it in 1933, but after Epstein died Gielgud claimed Epstein had rushed it to concentrate on Einstein - untrue.
JACOB EPSTEIN - Nude A, 1943-5
bronze, edition of 6
72.5 cm long
Provenance: Leicester Galleries, c. 1947; Herbert Kayden collection, US Literature: 'Epstein', Silber 341
JACOB EPSTEIN - Juanita Forbes, 1945, bronze, edition of 6, 51 cm
Provenance: Leicester Galleries, 1947; David & Laura Finn, USA, coll'n.
Literature: 'Epstein', E Silber, 1986, no. 366
JACOB EPSTEIN - Nude, 1943-5, bronze, unique, 67 cm long
Provenance: Leicester Galleries; private collection, USA
JACOB EPSTEIN
Nude
1943-5
bronze, unique
64.7 cm long
Provenance: the artist;
Leicester Galleries, 1947;
Edward Schinman collection;
Christies, 14.12.2012, lot 325.
Literature: 'Jacob Epstein - Edward Schinman collection'
p. 84 [illustrated]. Silber 349
JACOB EPSTEIN
Sandra Dorne
[actress]
1950
bronze
1/3
signed
46 cm high
Provenance:
Leicester Galleries, 1953, no. 12; Private collection, UK.
Literature: 'Epstein', Silber 463
Dorne was a UK actress - one of the 'British Marilyn Monroe's'.
JACOB EPSTEIN
Man with Serpents
[Le Serpent au Coeur]
1938-9
bronze
[unique ?]
11 cm high
Provenance: the artist;
Private collection, San Francisco.
Bonhams, Los Angeles,
12 March 2024, lot 77
Literature:
'The Sculpture of Jacob Epstein'
E. Silber, catalogue raisonne, Phaidon, no. 299
[only one cast listed - no plaster - so Lady Epstein could not cast it posthumously]
Related to Epstein's great
'Fleurs du Mal' series of drawings and Laocoon
Sir JACOB EPSTEIN
Old Smith
1922
bronze
edition of 3
[cast c. 1922-24]
37.0 cm high
Silber 129
Provenance: private collection
[no plaster, so Lady Epstein could not cast it posthumously]
JACOB EPSTEIN
African Mother & Child
1939
bronze
edition of 3
52 cm high
Prov. Leicester Galleries, 1950
no. 2; private collection, South Africa
Silber 303
JACOB EPSTEIN
Jan Christian Smuts
[South Africa Prime Minister]
1953-5
bronze
edition of 3
52 cm high
Provenance: Edward Schinman
collection, USA [his book p. 75]
Silber 483
The Head from the full figure in Parliament Square, London
War hero - the only person to sign the Peace Treaties in both World War 1 and ll
JACOB EPSTEIN
Kitty [2nd portrait]
1947
bronze
ed. 6
signed
32 cm high
Prov. Leicester Galleries, 1950;
private collection, USA
Silber 387
JACOB EPSTEIN
Muirhead Bone, R.A.
1916
bronze
ed. 6
[cast in 1916]
26 cm high
Prov. Leicester Galleries, 1917;
private collection, USA;
Sothebys, NY, 13.2.2008, lot 129.
Bone was an important UK artist and an official war artist in WW1 & ll .
Silber 75 [no. 4]
Israfel
1930
bronze
ed. 6
53.3 cm high
Prov. Leicester Galleries;
private collection, USA;
Garelick Gallery, 1967;
private collection, USA.
Silber 199.
[Sunita was the model]
Yehudi Menuhin
[violinist]
1943
bronze
ed. 8
35.5 cm
Prov. Leicester Galleries;
private collection, USA.
Silber 337
Baby Asleep
1907
bronze
ed. 12
signed
Hebrard foundry stamp
13 cm high
[excluding Hopton wood
stone base]
one of the first 3 casts [1907]
Prov. Twenty-One Gallery, London, 5.4.1916
[with original invoice].
Silber 3
Epstein's first bronze sculpture
JACOB EPSTEIN
Dave the Boxer
1938
bronze, unique
62.5 cm high
Provenance: the artist; the sitter;
Private collection, USA;
Keith Chapman, c. 1990;
Yonty Solomon collection, UK;
Bonhams, UK
Silber 296
Kathleen 1
1921.
bronze
edition of 12
Provenance: the artist;
Edward Schinman collection;
Sothebys, New York, 16.12.1977,
lot 65; Tullah Hanley, USA;
private collection, USA;
Sothebys, New York, 13.2.2008,
lot 130; Agi Katz collection, UK.
Literature: 'Jacob Epstein - Schinman collection', 1970, p.74
Silber 123 [7]
JACOB EPSTEIN
Margaret Epstein ll
[mask with earrings]
1916
bronze, ed. 6 [with earrings]
[probably cast in 1916; on wood cube base used c. 1916 on other Epstein sculptures - e.g. Muirhead Bone - see above]
24 cm high
Provenance: the artist;
Leicester Galleries, c. 1917;
private collection, UK.
Literature: Silber 70
JACOB EPSTEIN
Deirdre
1st portrait with arms
1941
bronze, ed. 6
63 cm high
Provenance: Edward Schinman
collection, USA; Private coll., UK
Literature: 'Jacob Epstein - the Schinman collection', 1970,
p. 106;
Silber 314 [2].
JACOB EPSTEIN
Roma [1st portrait]
1932
bronze
ed. 6 [only 3 casts known]
36 cm high
Provenance: the artist;
Leicester Galleries, c. 1933;
Private collection, UK.
Sloane Street auctions, 28.3.2025
lot 652.
Silber 230.
Actress, born London 1905.
One of Epstein's greatest portraits.
JACOB EPSTEIN
Esther
[1st portrait with long hair]
1944
bronze with dark green patina
edition of 3
only 3 casts known
[this is probably the first]
signed
47.0 cm high
Provenance:
Leicester Galleries, 1944;
Lady Cochrane collection
[1887-1955];
Sothebys, 9 July 1969, lot 59.
Sothebys, 26 May 2010, lot 41.
Literature: Silber 355, no.3.
Epstein regarded this as his greatest sculpture:
'If I had to be judged by one work I should choose this. It has all the qualities I most value in sculpture. I could not have done it better.'
Jacob Epstein', Richard Buckle, 1963, 1st catalogue raisonne, front cover and p. 448-451.
Buckle wrote: 'This extraordinary head...seems destined to become a legendary image, like the Berlin bust of 'Nefertiti' or Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa''. What a pity it hasn't and we know why....
[NB: The cast in the
Garman-Ryan collection
[Walsall museum]
is unsigned and posthumous]
DRAWINGS
JACOB EPSTEIN
The Fountain of Blood
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 43 cm
Provenance:
Arthur Tooth Gallery
1938; Edward Schinman collection
Exhibited: Arthur Tooth Gallery
December 1938, one-man exhib.
no. 28 [illustrated];
'Epstein', Tate Gallery, 1961, 127
'Epstein', Whitechapel, 1987, 203
JACOB EPSTEIN
Hymn to Beauty
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 43 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938;
JACOB EPSTEIN
Beatrice
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 43 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938
Literature: 'Flowers of Evil'
James Laver, 1940, p. 244, pl. CXL
JACOB EPSTEIN
The Irremediable
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 44 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938
Literature: 'Flowers of Evil'
James Laver, 1940, p. 172, pl. CVI
JACOB EPSTEIN
Icarus
[The Lament of Icarus]
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 45 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938
JACOB EPSTEIN
Hymn to Beauty
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 44 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938, no. 37; Jeffrey Sherwin coll'n.; David Bowie collection;
Sothebys, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 11
Exhibited: 'Jacob Epstein'
Whitechapel, one-man show
1987, no. 107 [illustrated]
JACOB EPSTEIN
Mournful Madrigal
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 44 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938, no. 16; Jeffrey Sherwin collection; Christies, Literature: 'Flowers of Evil'
James Laver, 1940, illustrated
JACOB EPSTEIN
Benediction
1936-8
pencil on card
signed
56 x 44 cm
Provenance: Arthur Tooth, 1938;
Private Collection, USA
Literature: 'Flowers of Evil'
James Laver, 1940, p. 10, pl. lB
