Title:
Hélène
Maker(s) &
Production:
Epstein, Jacob, sculptor, British artist, 1880-1959, Britain
Category:
sculpture
Name:
bust
Date:
1919
Period(s):
20th century; George V
Description:
Bronze. Hair is parted in the centre with a bun at back; a low cut dress, off the shoulders, and both arms to the elbow; the hands clasped in front of the left breast are detached. The head is bent forward and tilted slightly to the left.
Technique:
casting (process); whole
Material:
bronze; whole
Technique
Description:
bronze, cast
Dimension:
height, whole, 53.4, cm
Acquisition:
given; 1931; Anderson, A.E.
Notes(s):
Hélène was wife of W. Yellin, musician
Acquisition Credit:
Given by A.E. Anderson
Exhibition(s):
Leicester Gallery Exhibition. 1920 - 1920
Organiser: Leicester Galleries, London, Britain
Venue: Leicester Galleries, London
Notes: First exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1920, p. 291, no.10. E. Silber, Deputy Keeper, Birmingham Art Galleries & Museum, gave ref. to Leicester Gallery Exhib., no. 291, exhibit no. 10 (up to 3 casts).
Catalogue number: 10
Documentation:
Buckle, Richard. 1963. Jacob Epstein Sculptor.London: Faberp. p. 102
Cf. p. 102, fig. 157
Silber, Evelyn. 1986. The Sculpture of Epstein: with a complete catalogue.Oxford: Phaidon Pressp. p. 145
Publ. p.145, no. 103, 1; 3 other listed
Christie's. 1981. Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 13th March 1981.London?: p. p. 35
Cf. Another cast, p. 35, lot 98 (valuation £1,200-1,800).
Christie's. 1993. Post-War and Contemporary British Paintings and Watercolours and Twentieth Century British Sculpture, 26th March 1993.London?: p. p. 68
Cf. Another cast, p. 68, lot 90 (estimate £10-15,000; unsold).
Accession:
Object Number: M.11-1931
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 12312; input: 2000-09-14; modified: 2018-11-21)
Permanent
Identifier:
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