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JACOB EPSTEIN Nude Study "A" (Betty Peters).
Bronze, 1943-45. 740 mm; 29 inches (length).
Provenance: Stephen Maegin, Pennsylvania; private collection, Chicago.
Published: Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, Oxford, 1986, page 193, number 341 (another cast illustrated).
This bronze nude is a study by Epstein (1880-1959) of one of his favorite models from the 1930s and 1940s, Betty Peters, who managed a hostel for sailors in London's East End. She is represented by Epstein in numerous bronze and plaster sculptures as well as drawings and watercolors.
