*JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959) Second Portrait of Kathleen
conceived in 1922, signed 'Epstein' (on the reverse), bronze with a green patina, 39cm high, raised on a polished slate base with applied plaque, 51cm high overall
Provenance: The Collection of Bournemouth & Poole College.
The Bournemouth & Poole Collection was started in 1953 by the College's first Principal, Arthur Andrews (1906-1966). His vision was to provide access for young people to outstanding work by living artists in an educational setting.
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£6,000 - £10,000
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£4,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Epstein completed seven portraits of Kathleen in total, this being the second and completed six months after the first. The artist met Kathleen Garman in August 1921 and made her his second wife some thirty years later. As Richard Buckle has commented on the likeness "although modelled in the Winter - in January 1922 - it has a sultry summer afternoon quality very different from the radiant visionary first portrait. Lips parted, eyes half closed, Kathleen basks sensuously, full of honey" (Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein: Sculptor, Faber and Faber, London, 1963, p.113)
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