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Sombre thoughts
Maker
(artist)
1880-1959
1880-1959
Title
Sombre thoughts
Date of Production
1928
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 46.4 cm
Width: 56.1 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
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
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.
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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