ΦSir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

ΦSir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)
Second Portrait of Esther (Head)
Signed Epstein (to reverse)
Bronze with green patina, on a black stone base, conceived in 1948
39 x 34.5 x 30.5cm (excluding base)

Provenance:
Purchased in the early 1950s;
By descent to the previous owner;
By whom sold, Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 23 May 2000, lot 76;
Property of a deceased estate

Literature:
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein (Oxford, 1986), p.202, no.398 (Head and Shoulders version)