Kathleen (1921)

Jacob Epstein

bronze

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

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Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Bronze

Physical Object Description:

Not inscribed.

Technique:

Cast

Dimensions:

47 x 47 x 30.5 cm

Accession Number:

N06089

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1952

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Leicester Galleries, London by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1952

Relationship:

Leicester Galleries, London Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

This bronze bust sitter is Mrs Kathleen Garman, Lady Epstein (1901-1979) who was Jacob Epstein's secretary and model, whom he married in 1955 as his second wife. It is the first of seven sculpted portraits of her which was begun the day after the artist met Kathleen in August 1921. More casts of this work are in the Rutherston Collection, Manchester Art Gallery (1925.327); New Art Gallery Walsall (1973.088.GR); and another in a private collection in the USA.

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