Portret van de Amerikaanse beeldhouwer Jacob Epstein met een buste van Sunita Devi, anonymous, after Jacob Epstein, 1926

Title(s)

Portret van de Amerikaanse beeldhouwer Jacob Epstein met een buste van Sunita Devi

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-1996-20

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘BEAUTIFUL INDIAN GIRL AS EPSTEIN MODEL./ Sunita Devi, a beautiful Indian dancer who is one of the/ first two Indian girls to appear in the English stage,/ is Epstein's newest model. The famous sculptor is making/ a bust of her which will soon be exhibited./ PHOTO:- Epstein with the bust of Sunita Devi on which he is/ now working.’
• inscription: ‘Jacob Epstein/ 1880 New York - 1959 Londen’

Artist

• anonymous
• after sculpture by: Jacob Epstein (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1926

Material

• cardboard
• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 217 mm × width 165 mm

What

• portrait, self-portrait of sculptor

Where

• London

Who

• Jacob Epstein
• Sunita Devi

Acquisition

purchase 1996

Copyright

Public domain