Jacob Epstein drawings, and notes, 1938 and 1978.

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Jacob Epstein drawings, and notes, 1938 and 1978.

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The collection includes fourteen preparatory pencil drawings for illustrations of Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil, London, 1940; the draft of "Hommage à Baudelaire" which Epstein prepared as an introduction to the exhibition catalog; the catalog itself, for the exhibition held in London at Arthur Tooth & Sons in December 1938; notes about the drawings made by Lady Epstein, 1978; and a copy of a review of the exhibition from Time magazine, 19 December 1938.

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Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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Charles Baudelaire is widely regarded as one of the best French poets of the 19th century; he also wrote art criticism and translated the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. From the description of Charles Baudelaire letters, 1859-1863. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526418 French poet and art critic. From the description of Letter : to Paul Chenavard, Paris. 1863 Nov. 25. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81339728 ...

Epstein, Kathleen Garman,

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Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...