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Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Maquette for St Michael and the Devil 54.3 cm. (21 3/8 in.) high (including the base) (Conceived in 1956) image 1
Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Maquette for St Michael and the Devil 54.3 cm. (21 3/8 in.) high (including the base) (Conceived in 1956) image 2
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Sir Jacob Epstein
(British, 1880-1959)
Maquette for St Michael and the Devil 54.3 cm. (21 3/8 in.) high (including the base)

22 November 2022, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)

Maquette for St Michael and the Devil
bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
54.3 cm. (21 3/8 in.) high (including the base)
Conceived in 1956

Footnotes

Literature
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein-Sculptor, Faber and Faber, London, 1963, p.393, pl.624 (ill.b&w, another cast)
Edward P. and Barbara Ann Schinman (ed.), Jacob Epstein. A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford, Madison and Teaneck, 1970, p.55 (ill., another cast)
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, cat.no.502

This work is a maquette for the large statue on the east wall of Coventry Cathedral, which was unveiled by Lady Epstein in 1960.

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