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Artist or Maker: Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

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Description: Anita (Miriam Patel)
bronze with a dark brown patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high
Conceived in 1926.

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Published: A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell. A Series of Conversations about Art, London, 1931, p. 186.
L.B. Powell, Jacob Epstein, London, 1932, p. 53, another cast illustrated.
R. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York, 1942, p. 236, no. 134.
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p. 150, pl. 228, another cast illustrated.
E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, no. 163, p. 158, the plaster illustrated.

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Notes: THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK MUSEUM

Epstein's Indian models, whom he called 'Sunita' (Amina Peerbhoy) and her sister, 'Anita' (Miriam Patel), the present sitter, lived in his home and were frequently depicted in drawings by the artist.

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