1880 - 1959
English
Second Portrait of George Bernard Shaw (Head)
bronze sculpture, 1934
signed and titled on a plaque
16 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in, 41.9 x 22.2 x 29.8 cm
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD
Sold for: $25,000
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PROVENANCE
Sotheby's Toronto, October 16, 1967, lot 83
Private Collection
20th Century British & Irish Art - Property from The Reader's Digest Inc., Christie's London, November 19, 2004, lot 221
Acquired from the above by the present Prominent Montreal Estate
LITERATURE
Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture, London, 1940, another cast reproduced pages 99-101
Jacob Epstein, An Autobiography, London, 1955, another cast reproduced pages 81-83
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptures, London, 1963, another cast reproduced pages 210-211
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, another cast reproduced page 178
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