Beschreibung:

λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959)
EIGHTH PORTRAIT OF PEGGY JEAN
Bronze with gold patina
Height (excluding base): 26.5cm (10¼in.)
Conceived in 1921.
Literature:
A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell, A Series of Conversations on Art, 1931, p.179
R. D. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, p. 233, no. 90
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.425
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p.148, no. 118 (illustration of another cast)
Peggy Jean, Epstein's daughter, is shown in the present lot at the age of 2 years and 4 months with curly hair. This 'eighth portrait' was part of a series of works that the artist made of his daughter over a number of years.