Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)
Pola Nerenska
bronze with a gold patina
33cm (13in) high (excluding base); 38cm (14 15/16in) high (including base)
Conceived in 1937
Footnotes:
Provenance
Sir Michael (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020) and Lady Oppenheimer DD, and thence by descent
Private Collection, Jersey

Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, October-November 1937, exhibition no. 662, no. 15, illustrated (another cast)

Literature
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, p. 242, no. 228
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1963, p. 238, pl. 365, illustrated (another cast)
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p. 183, no. 283, illustrated (another cast)

The present lot is a bust of Pola Nerenska, a dancer from Vienna.
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