Sir Jacob Epstein

Acquired directly from the Artist by the grandparents of the previous owner, circa 1938 (most probably by introduction from George Bernard Shaw who was a close family friend)

Their sale, Replica Shoes 's New York, 12 February 2009, lot 179, where acquired by the present owner

London, Boundary Gallery, Jacob Epstein 50th Anniversary Exhibition, October - December 2009 (another cast)

Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture, Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1940, pp. 99-101, illustrated (another cast)

Jacob Epstein, An Autobiography, Hulton Press, London, 1955, pp. 81-83, illustrated (another cast)

Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculpture, Faber and Faber, London, 1963, pp. 210-11, pl. 323, illustrated (another cast)

Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Bucknell University Press, London, 1986, no. 253, pp. 178-179, illustrated (another cast)