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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JACOB EPSTEIN
1880-1959

Seventh Portrait of Peggy Jean (pouting, bust with hands) (1920-1921)

$3,000–5,000

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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JACOB EPSTEIN

1880-1959
Seventh Portrait of Peggy Jean (pouting, bust with hands) (1920-1921)

bronze with gold patination
edition of 3
37 cm high

  • Lot Sold $4,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $4,880 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Clune Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1965

Literature

Jacob Epstein and Arnold Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks: A Series of Conversations on Art, William Heinemann, London, 1931, p. 179
Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, The World Publishing Co., New York and Cleveland, 1942, p. 233, no. 89
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, Faber & Faber, London, 1963, pp. 103 (illustrated, another cast, plates 162, 163), 425
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein: With a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p.148 (illustrated), no.117

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Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art
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E: Geoffrey Smith

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
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E: Fiona Hayward

Dr David Hansen

Senior Researcher | Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
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E: Dr David Hansen

Brett Ballard

Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
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E: Brett Ballard

Important Australian & International Art

AU0790  |  26 Aug 2014  |  Sydney
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