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Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn

Sir Jacob Epstein

Illustration to Whitman's Calamus

No reserve

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Live auction begins on:

June 7, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Bid

300 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn

Sir Jacob Epstein

1880 - 1959

Illustration to Whitman's Calamus


pen, ink and watercolour on paper

unframed (visible sheet): 31 by 19.5cm.; 12¼ by 7¾in.

framed: 60 by 45.5cm.; 23½ by 18in.

Executed circa 1901.

Alister Mathews Esq

Acquired by the present owners prior to 1983

Lady Epstein and Richard Buckle, Epstein Drawings, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1962, no. 6, p. 34

London, Boundary Gallery, Jacob Epstein Drawings and Illustrations, 2 July - 22 July 1987, with tour to the Minories, Colchester

Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery, Rebel Angel, 16 October 1980 - 30 November 1980, no. 1

Liverpool, Liverpool University, Jacob Epstein: The Biblical Themes, January - February 1981

This is one from a series of twelve drawings which were based on Whitman's poem of the same name, which had lasting impact on Epstein.