Jacob Kramer

Sir Jacob Epstein (1880 - 1959)

Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art

1921

Head and shoulder sculpture of Jacob Kramer (1892-1962), a painter from Leeds. Epstein wrote about him as 'a model he seemed to be on fire...Energy seemed to leap into his hair as he sat, and sometimes he would be shaken by queer tremblings like ague'. (R. Buckle's 'Epstein - Edinburgh Festival Society Memorial Exhibition; Edinburgh, 1961 )

• Medium: bronze with brown patina
• Dimensions: height: 64cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3226 ( Total: £11,750)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Bonhams

Provenance

Private collection.

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