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Rebecca Rebecca

Rebecca

Sir Jacob Epstein

Art Funded
1987
Dimensions
55.8 cm
Art Fund grant
£2,137 (Total: £8,550)
Vendor
Fine Art Society
In 1930 Epstein modelled the portraits of two sisters, Rebecca and Esther, who were half negro and half Jewish and worked in nightclubs.

Rebecca, with her pigtails and her plaintive expression seems a more introspective character than the sultry and provocative Esther.

Provenance

Fine Art Society.

Bronze

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Image credit

1 . Rebecca

© Tate, London 2006

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