Jacob Epstein
(American/British, 1880-1959)
Self-portrait with a beard
conceived in 1920; probably cast after 1959
bronze with brown patina
24.5 x 25.5 x 38.1 cm (9⅝ x 10 x 15 in.)
Private collection, Santa Barbara, California
A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell, A Series of Conversations on Art, Garden City, 1932, p. 184 (another cast illustrated as a frontispiece)
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Cleveland, 1963, pl. 164-167 (other casts illustrated pp. 104-105)
B.A. and E.P. Schinman (eds.), Jacob Epstein. A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, exh. cat., Cranbury, 1971, no. 16 (another cast illustrated p. 24)
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Oxford, 1986, no. 111 (another cast illustrated p. 147)
Our thanks to Evelyn Silber for confirming the authenticity of this work.
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