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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jacob Epstein, Portrait Head of a Young Girl (Portrait of an Egyptian Girl), 1909

Jacob Epstein 1880-1959

Portrait Head of a Young Girl (Portrait of an Egyptian Girl), 1909
Pencil on paper
18 7/8 x 14 1/4 in
48 x 36 cm
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Epstein’s works can be seen in collections including the Ben Uri, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; The Tate, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and MoMA, New York.
Epstein’s works can be seen in collections including the Ben Uri, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; The Tate, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and MoMA, New York.

Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London

Christie’s, London, 1973

Brian Sewell, London (purchased from the above)

Private collection, UK, 1994

Exhibitions

Leicester Galleries, London, Exhibition of sculpture and drawings from 1900 to 1932 by Sir Jacob Epstein (exh 1387) no 6.

London Arts Group, 1968

Dunkelman Gallery, Ontario, Canada, Jacob Epstein: Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, 1969

Ben Uri Gallery, London, Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine, January - March 2006

Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine, March - May 2006

Literature

Anon, Epstein Drawings (London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1962), illustrated on plate 20.

Anon, Jacob Epstein: Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings. Exh. Cat (Ontario, Canada: Dunkelman Gallery, 1969), p. 36, plate 54.

Anon, Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine (London: Papadakis Publisher, in association with Ben Uri Gallery, 2006), p. 61, illustrated, p.64.

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