λ JACOB EPSTEIN (BRITISH 1880-1959), GERTRUDE, THE BATHER

λ JACOB EPSTEIN (BRITISH 1880-1959)GERTRUDE, THE BATHERBronze 92cm (height inc. base)Conceived in 1911. Provenance:J & B. Weintraub, New York,1965Gifted to the St. Louis Art Museum in 1983Sale, Christie's, London, Property of St. Louis Art Museum, 21 March 1996, lot 44 Literature: A.L. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, London, 1931, p.168 (uncast)J.Epstein, Let there be Sculpture, London, 1940, p. 56R.Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, Sculptor, London, 1963, p.54, pl. 76 (another cast title)E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986,no. 31 (another cast illus.)R.Buckle (loc.cit) comments of this sitter "Gertrude Williams was a model of whom Epstein made several nude studies, only one of which has survived. She may have posed for the rejected Strand Statue and she seems to be 'English Girl'(circa 1910)."Condition Report: In good overall condition. Excluding the base, the bronze figure is 87cm highCondition Report Disclaimer