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Lot 513

*SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959): A STUDY OF A CAT

c. 1920, modelled seated with legs tucked under its body, bronze, 27cm long

Exhibited: ‘Epstein', Edinburgh Festival Society Memorial Exhibition, Waverley Market, Edinburgh, August 19th – 18th September 1961, catalogue number 149, listed as ‘Cat’ and dated to 1920

Provenance: Private Collection, Ireland
Private Collection, Dorset

Note: The same cast can be found in collection of The New Art Gallery, Walsall

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
Hammer price: £5,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Piece appears to be in overall good condition with no obvious signs of damage or restoration. There is some sort of green waxy residue on the cat's back, but this appears to come off easily, otherwise an attractive patina. 

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