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Artist: EPSTEIN, Jacob (1880 - 1959)
In 1905 Jacob Epstein moved from Paris to London, where he soon became acquainted with Augustus John. Two years later he executed a bronze head of the painter's son Romilly John (1906-1986). This powerful carving of the same subject reveals the influence of Primitive sculpture and Eric Gill, who carved the inscription ROM on its base. In 1911 Epstein described Rom as 'the Eternal Child, one of the flanking figures of a group apotheosising Man and Woman, around a central shrine ... for a great temple'.
Image: © the artist's estate/Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2532
Creation/Production
EPSTEIN, Jacob
Role: Creation
Date: 1910
Acquisition
Purchase, 7/1979
Measurements
Height: 85.0cm
Width: 31.0cm
Depth: 31.0cm
Techniques
limestone carving
Material
limestone
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