SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (1880-1959)
Reclining female nude
signed Epstein (lower right)
pencil, ink and watercolour
42.5 x 55 cm (16 3/4 x 21 5/8 in)

PROVENANCE:
Cecil Erskine, professor of Anatomy at Trinity College, Dublin from 1947 to 1984. Erskine was an avid collector of modern paintings and sculptures as well items from the Middle and Far East.
Thence by descent to the previous owner
Sale, Bonhams, 29 May 2012, lot 180, where purchased by the present owner