Sir Jacob Epstein (American/British, 1880-1959)

Fifth Portrait of Peggy Jean (Head, at 2 Years), 1920
Unsigned.
Bronze with a golden patina, height 9 1/8 in. (23 cm).
Condition: Dust and dirt to the interstices.

Provenance: A private Florida collection.

Literature: Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, With a Complete Catalogue (Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986), no. 114, another example illustrated p. 147; Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein, Sculptor (London: Faber and Faber, 1963), another example illustrated p. 103, pl. 161.

N.B. Peggy Jean was Sir Jacob Epstein's daughter and one of his favorite subjects, especially when she was very young, as she is in this portrait of her at age two.

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