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Lydia (aka Second Portrait of Lydia)

Jacob Epstein1931

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
London, United Kingdom

Lydia, a jazz singer and/or dancer, was working as a waitress at Epstein’s favourite Chinese restaurant in London’s Wardour Street when they met. Epstein made three busts of her between 1929 and 1934: the first, head-and-shoulders portrait in bronze with a green patina (1929-30), in which Lydia has bobbed hair; this second, bronze head-and-shoulders portrait (1931) with short hair; and a third bronze (head only) entitled 'Lydia laughing' (1934), with bobbed hair. This version was exhibited in Epstein's solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1933.

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  • Title: Lydia (aka Second Portrait of Lydia)
  • Creator: Jacob Epstein
  • Date Created: 1931
  • Location Created: London, England
  • Physical Dimensions: 48 x 40 x 20 cm
  • Type: sculpture
  • Rights: © Jacob Epstein estate
  • Medium: bronze
  • Art Genre: portrait
  • Art Form: sculpture
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

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