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Sir Jacob Epstein

Les Fleurs du Mal - Hymne à la Beauté

Lot Closed

September 14, 11:41 AM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Sir Jacob Epstein

1880 - 1959

Les Fleurs du Mal - Hymne à la Beauté


signed Epstein. (upper left)

pencil on paper

unframed: 56.5 by 44.5cm.; 22¼ by 17½in.

framed: 98 by 83cm.; 38¾ by 32¾in.

Executed circa 1936-38.

Sale, Christie's London, 13 May 1994, lot 190, where acquired by David Bowie
His Estate Sale, Replica Shoes 's London, 10 November 2016, lot 11, where acquired by the present owner
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, An Exhibition of Drawings by Jacob Epstein for Les Fleurs du Mal of Charles Baudelaire, December 1938, no. 37
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, Jacob Epstein Sculpture and Drawings, 16 April - 21 June 1987, no. 107; with tour to Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
London, Boundary Gallery, Jacob Epstein 1880 - 1959: Bronze Sculptures, Les Fleurs du Mal Drawings and Other Works on Paper, 28 June - 3 August 2002, no. 14