EPSTEIN, Jacob. Epstein: An Auto-Biography. London: Hulton Press. 1955.
Tall 8vo. Black goatksin boards with bevelled edges and gilt lettering to spine; upper edge gilt; Light green dust wrapper with quarter design front wrapper depicting scultped woman and authors name; black and white photographs throughout, with a collotype reproduction of Epstein's watercolour painting 'Lilies' laid in plastic wrapper; pp. [7], v-x, 294; minimal foxing to fore-edges; slight offsetting from pastedown to front and back end papers; Some closed tears on lower edge of back wrapper; otherwise very good.
Limited edition of this revised version of Let There be Sculpture (1940), number 10 of only 175 copies, signed by the author.
A legendary sculptor who pioneered methods that formed the very essence of the Modernist practice, Jacob Epstein acted as a prolific precurser to twentieth century sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth. This auto-biography traces his fruitful career from birth until 1939.
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