JEFF JACOBS (MALINES, 1905-1979): A LARGE PLASTER BUST OF CHRISTthe expressive face flanked by stylised hair and with canted shoulders, the base signed to the front 'JEF JACOBS',74cm highThis stylised bust of Christ is probably the maquette for the now lost marble that Jeff Jacobs produced for the convent of Bassenge in 1936. The marble is published in Engelen-Marx, 'La Sculpture en Belgique à partir de 1830', Louvain, 2006, vol. V, p. 931.AAR