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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1304
People
Jacob Epstein, British (New York, NY 1880 - 1959 London, England)
Title
Romilly John
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1907
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226230

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with marble base
Dimensions
20.32 cm (8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jacob Epstein, sold; to (possibly) J. Quinn, 1914. Possibly [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], 1924, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1924, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

NOTE: Provenance information taken from a letter from Evelyn Silber to Ivan Gaskell , 12 September 1992, see curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1304
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jacob Epstein, Let There Be Sculpture, G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York, 1940), p. 202, ill. and p. 354
  • Judith Collins, Eric Gill: The Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne, Herbert Press (London, England, 1998), p. 64

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