Bronze, unsigned, mounted atop an oval hardwood plinth.

Bronze 12 in.; HOA 14.5 in.

Frank & Marta Tooke, Raleigh, NC Collection of the late Einar V. Rechnitzer, Toronto, Canada

In his book, LET THERE BE SCULPTURE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, first published in 1940, Epstein devoted a chapter to explaining his fascination with portraying children: "I have always been attracted by children as models for plastic work. I feel that the life of children has hardly been touched upon in sculpture, and this representation is avoided perhaps because of the difficulties that confront an artist who sets out to present a child. For one thing the child cannot sit still, and to compel a child to be quiet is at once to destroy the spontaneity and charm which lie in its frank and natural expressions. Yet I have attempted time and time this most difficult subject for sculpture...I know I have by no means exhausted the subject."

No apparent condition concerns.

$4,000 - 6,000