Jacob Epstein 1880-1959
Shulamite Woman, 1935
Bronze
20 1/4 x 15 x 13 in
51.5 x 38 x 33 cm
51.5 x 38 x 33 cm
Sculpted in 1935, Epstein chose to model the bust of his Arab sitter as a female archetype, the bride, known as the Shulamite woman, from the biblical Song of Solomon....
Sculpted in 1935, Epstein chose to model the bust of his Arab sitter as a female archetype, the bride, known as the Shulamite woman, from the biblical Song of Solomon. There are three known casts: two of the bust - this one and a second at the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts; the third version is head only.
Provenance
Presented by Mosheh Oved 1947Exhibitions
2017-18: The Poetry of the Real, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, 22 November - 10 March2010: Apocalypse: Unveiling a Lost Masterpiece by Marc Chagall and 50 Selected Masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection, Osborne Samuel, London, 8 - 31 January
2009: Homeless & Hidden 1: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 29 January - 24 February
2006: Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine, Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, 10 January - 19 March
2003: Director's Choice: Highlights from the Ben Uri Permanent Collection, Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, 25 September - 9 November
2001: The Ben Uri Story: from Art Society to Museum, Phillips, London, 8 - 25 January
Literature
Sarah MacDougall and Rachel Dickson, eds., Embracing the Exotic Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine (London: Papadakis, 2006);Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 40.