Lydia (aka Second Portrait of Lydia)
1931
48.0 x 40.0 cm
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
jacob epstein (1880 – 1959)
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959): American-British sculptor famed for bold realism, controversial public art & expressive portrait busts. A pioneer of modern sculpture.
Lydia, a jazz singer and/or dancer, was working as a waitress at Epstein’s favourite Chinese restaurant in London’s Wardour Street when they met. Epstein made three busts of her between 1929 and 1934: the first, head-and-shoulders portrait in bronze with a green patina (1929-30), in which Lydia has bobbed hair; this second, bronze head-and-shoulders portrait (1931) with short hair; and a third bronze (head only) entitled
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Lydia (aka Second Portrait of Lydia)
- Umetnik: jacob epstein
- Godina: 1931
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 48.0 x 40.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
- Mesto izlaganja: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
- Dominantna boja: Gray
- Intenzitet boje: Monochromatic