Jacob Epstein 1880-1959
Shulamite Woman (Arab Girl)
bronze
51.5 x 38 x 33
1987-90
@Jacob Epstein estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Sculpted in 1935, Epstein chose to model the bust of his Arab sitter as a female archetype, the bride, known as the Shulamite woman, from the biblical Song of Solomon....
Sculpted in 1935, Epstein chose to model the bust of his Arab sitter as a female archetype, the bride, known as the Shulamite woman, from the biblical Song of Solomon. There are three known casts: two of the bust - this one and a second at the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts; the third version is head only.
Provenance
presented by Mosheh Oved 1947Exhibitions
Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein & Dora GordineLiterature
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. 40.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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