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Dolores La Bohemienne
Sculptor: Epstein, Jacob
Bronze, cast. The head is supported on a slender neck. The chin is tilted up a little, the lips are parted, and a fringe of hair covers the forehead.
Given by Mr J. Howard Bliss
Diameter: 38.9 cm
Height: 38.3 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1945) by Bliss, J. Howard
20th Century, Early
1920s
George V
Production date:
AD 1923
Epstein met 'the beautiful and fantastic' Dolores (Norine Fournier Lattimore née Schofield, 1894-1934) in 1921, when she was a nightclub artiste. Having invited her to live with him and his wife, he made four portraits of her between 1922 and 1923, of which this is the first. However, the original plaster model was abandoned as a failure until c.1931, when Epstein reappraised it as 'a very vivid and spontaneous sketch of her', and had several bronzes cast of the whole bust and, as here, the head alone.
For a discussion of this and the other two studies of Dolores made by Epstein between 1922-3, see pp. 108-9 of 'Let there be Sculpture' by J. Epstein, where he regards this last study to be 'the best work I did from the beautiful and fantastic Dolores'.
Base
Area 20.2 cm
Head
Diameter 38.9 cm
Height 32.9 cm
Width 27.4 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast
Inscription present: name with '3' after it
Accession number: M.2-1945
Primary reference Number: 12403
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1945
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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