Details
SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959)
Rabindranath Tagore
signed 'Epstein' (on the sitter's left shoulder)
bronze with a dark green patina
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
Conceived in 1926 and cast in an edition of 16.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 March 1988, lot 135, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 225, pls. 224-225, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with A Complete Catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p. 160, no. 172, another cast illustrated.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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