JACOB EPSTEIN: YOUNG PORTRAIT BUST OF A GIRL named ‘Piccanin...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

JACOB EPSTEIN: YOUNG PORTRAIT BUST OF A GIRL named ‘Piccaninny’ by the artist (1940), mounted on a stepped marble base, dark green patination, unsigned.
29 cms including base

PROVENANCE: The owners Aunt was a friend of Kitty Garman, one of Epstein’s daughters at the time of Kitty’s marriage to Lucian Freud. The owner’s aunt attested to being given the bust as a wedding present which was described by Kitty at the time as ‘being one of her father’s (Epstein) pieces’. This example appears to be a variant and may account for it being unsigned.

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We use the word 'variant' because editions of this bronze do seem to have some subtle differences. This one for instance, doesn't have a curl of hair on the right hand side of the forehead but it can clearly be seen in others that have been sold in the past.