Jacob Epstein 1880-1959
Professor Samuel Alexander O.M.
bronze
51 x 57 x 37
1987-89
@Jacob Epstein estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Samuel Alexander OM, FBA (1859 – 1938) was an Australian-born British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college. He sat to Epstein for his bust in 1924...
Samuel Alexander OM, FBA (1859 – 1938) was an Australian-born British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college. He sat to Epstein for his bust in 1924 and it was cast in an edition of 2. This, the first cast, was presented by Moshe Oved to the Ben Uri and the second was presented in 1925 to the University of Manchester, where Alexander held his Professorship at Owens College.
Provenance
presented by Mosheh OvedExhibitions
Sir Jacob Epstein: Exhibition of BronzesLiterature
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.; R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein (London, 1963) p. 142.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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