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Sir Jacob Epstein
Paradise Lost - Lucifer, Belial and Beelzebub, 1943-44
bronze with golden patina
23.5 x 27.9 x 10.2 cm
9 1/4 x 11 x 4 in
width of base: 24.5cm
depth of base: 10cm
height of base: 9cm
at its highest point (the wings) the bronze on base is 35cm
9 1/4 x 11 x 4 in
width of base: 24.5cm
depth of base: 10cm
height of base: 9cm
at its highest point (the wings) the bronze on base is 35cm
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This maquette was created before the large bronze sculpture of 'Lucifer' which is housed in the Round Room in BMAG, their catalogue from the exhibition 'Rebel Angel : Sculpture and...
This maquette was created before the large bronze sculpture of "Lucifer" which is housed in the Round Room in BMAG, their catalogue from the exhibition "Rebel Angel : Sculpture and Watercolours by Sir Jacob Epstein 1880-1959", 1980, states that "The idea of placing the three leaders of the rebel host together in a threatening group may be traced back to some of the Old Testament watercolours, one of the most successful of which showed the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace, 'Shadrack, Meschak and Abednego' (1932, formerly Edward P Schinman, reproduced in E P and B Schinman, A Catalogue of the Edward P Schinman Collection, 1970, p123). A drawing directly related to the maquette shows the three fiends half length; Lucifer has short curly hair and his companions long flowing hair, although in the maquette, Lucifer's hair is also long"
According to Evelyn Silber there were three maquettes produced in 1943, one which was sold in 1949 and another in 1966 prior to the present work which was acquired by the Late John Constable at Sotheby's auction in 1976, lot 90.
A damaged plaster formerly in the Epstein estate of this work now resides at Leeds City Art Gallery.
According to Evelyn Silber there were three maquettes produced in 1943, one which was sold in 1949 and another in 1966 prior to the present work which was acquired by the Late John Constable at Sotheby's auction in 1976, lot 90.
A damaged plaster formerly in the Epstein estate of this work now resides at Leeds City Art Gallery.
Provenance
Sothebys, London, 1976, where purchased byJohn Constable Esq.
Exhibitions
London, Leicester Galleries, 1947, no. 24Birmingham, Friends, 1962, (219)
Literature
R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, 1963, p.287, plate 444 (illustration of another cast);Weintraub Gallery, Epstein, exh.cat., Weintraub Gallery, New York, 1967 (illustration of another cast)
M Diamond, 1980, Rebel Angel, Sculpture and Watercolours by Sir Jacob Epstein 1880-1959, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, 31
E.Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, 1986, no.338, ill.p.192 (another cast)
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