Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)First Portrait of Isabel, Head
signed 'Epstein' (on left shoulder)
bronze with a green patina
33.5cm (13 3/16in) high, excluding base
Conceived in 1932注脚Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Carvings and Bronzes by Jacob Epstein, May 1933, cat.no.6 (head, another cast)

Literature
Robert Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, World Publishing Company, New York and Cleveland, 1942, cat.no.176, (ill. p.239, head, another cast)
Richard Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber & Faber, London, 1962, (ill. pl.294, p.194, bust, another cast)
Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Jacob Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford, 1986, cat.no.221, (ill. p.171, bust, another cast)

Isabel Rawsthorne (née Nicholas), was a British artist, designer and artist's model and muse. She sat for Epstein in the early 1930s and the two became lovers, with Isabel giving birth to a son, Jackie, in 1932. Moving to Paris shortly after this, she captivated a number of other artists, sitting for André Derain, Alberto Giacometti and others, whilst also continuing to paint and exhibit her own work. Later, she was to have a close relationship with Francis Bacon, and features in a number of his paintings.