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Sombre thoughts

Maker

(artist)
1880-1959

Title

Sombre thoughts

Date of Production

1928

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 46.4 cm
Width: 56.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1935.SC.13

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

exhibited by the artist at Godfrey Phillips (London) October - November 1928; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947), January 1929; Courtauld Gift 1935

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, 1977-79

The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975

Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...More

Drawings by Epstein, Godfrey Phillips, London, 1928 (Oct.-Nov.) ...Less

Literature

Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 9
ilus. p. 23

The nude: 19th & 20th century paintings, drawings, sculpture , prints, Morley Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 25

Drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, December 1959-April 1960, 1974 (rev. ed.)
no. 37 ...More

Drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Dec. 1959 - Apr. 1960, 1959-1960
cat. no. 37

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 163

Black, Robert, The art of Jacob Epstein, Cleveland, Ohio 1942
no. 163
as 'Recumbent nude'

Wellington, Hubert, Epstein: seventy-five drawings, London 1929
no. 2 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, signed: “Epstein”; lower left corner, graphite: “(163) / 12.35”. Verso: lower left, graphite: “26 / 2/3/4”.

Collector's mark: none.

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