Jacob Epstein, Romilly John, 1907

lifetime cast, no. 8 from the edition of 9

bronze

11 ¾ x 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches (30 x 16 x 22 cm)

Further images

Provenance

Kathleen Esther Garman (Lady Epstein); Edward P. Schinman; private collection; Martin Diamond; private collection

Exhibitions

The Jewish Museum, The Immigrant Generations: Jewish Artists in Britain, 1900-1945, New York, May - October 1983

Literature

B. van Dieren, Epstein (New York 1920) pl. xiv (as Head of a Boy); J. Epstein, Let there be Sculpture: An Autobiography (London 1940) ill. p. 202 and ref. pg. 354; R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein (New York 1942) no. 2, pl. 87; R. Buckle, Epstein Drawings (London 1962) pp. 22-23, pls. 16-17; B. L. Reid, The Man from New York: John Quinn and his Friends (New York 1968) p. 191; E. P. and B. A. Schinman (eds.), Jacob Epstein: A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman (New Jersey 1970) ill. pg. 94; Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a Complete Catalogue (Oxford 1986) pp. 15, 19, 120, cat. no. 8, ill. 4; J. Collins, ‘Early Carvings, 1908-1912’, in E. Silber, T. Friedman (eds.), Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings (Leeds 1989) pp. 133-141; Anon, Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora Gordine (London 2006), ill. p. 13 (another version)

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