Jacob Epstein
Lydia
bronze
48 x 40 x 20
Licensing: Bridgeman Images
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, London
Lydia, a jazz singer and/or dancer, was working as a waitress at Epstein’s favourite Chinese restaurant in London’s Wardour Street when they met; this is the second of three busts...
Lydia, a jazz singer and/or dancer, was working as a waitress at Epstein’s favourite Chinese restaurant in London’s Wardour Street when they met; this is the second of three busts of her created between 1929 and 1934.
Provenance
bequest of Ethel SolomonExhibitions
Autumn Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings by Contemporary Jewish ArtistsLiterature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 38.1
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