JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959)
Tanya
bronze with green patina
height 23 1/16in (58.5cm)
Conceived in 1937
Footnotes:
We are grateful to Evelyn Silber for her assistance in cataloging this lot.

Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963 (another cast illustrated pl. 360).
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a Complete Catalogue, Oxford, 1986 no. 274 (the bronze head version illustrated p. 182).

It was common for Jacob Epstein to cast three busts and up to six heads of any given sculpture. These casts could have been created any time after their date of origination, although a green patina is fairly common in his works from the 1930s. Epstein did not often sign or number his works, as is the case in the present sculpture; however according to the knowledge available, the original cast of this sitter was a bust, and the head version that is included in the catalogue raisonné was created in an edition of eight authorized by Lady Epstein. 

A few light surface scratches to the figure's back and shoulders. Investment is visible to the figure's underarms. Accretions in the crevices of the figure's hair. Subject to the foregoing, it is in our opinion that the work appears to be in very good condition.