Jacob Epstein: career timeline
British · 1880–1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 68 lots (45% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | $7.8kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1910s | 4 | 4 | $5.5kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1920s | 6 | 5 | $9.7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1930s | 8 | 4 | $3.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1940s | 7 | 7 | $7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | $4.2kSign up | Sculpture |
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1900s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $7.8kSign up
- Average
- $7.8kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1907 BABE'S HEAD$7.8kSign up
1910s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $5.5kSign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 15 in (51 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1911 Nan Seated (1911)$13.4kSign up
1918 Third Portrait of Meum (mask), conceived in 1918$5.2kSign up
c. 1919 Bust of Héléne Yelin-Cox$5.8kSign up
1919 Bust of Betty May (S.104, B.149)$4kSign up
1920s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $9.7kSign up
- Average
- $12kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 15.5 in (47 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4)
c. 1920 Seventh Portrait of Peggy Jean (pouting, bust with hands) (1920-1921)$4.5kSign up
1920 Fifth Portrait of Peggy Jean (head, at 2 years)Unsold
1923 Eileen Proudfoot (1923)$7.8kSign up
1926 Third Portrait of Sunita (Bust with Necklace) (1926)$9.7kSign up
1926 Third Portrait of Sunita (Bust with Necklace), conceived 1926$11.2kSign up
1926 Rabindranath Tagore (1926)$26.9kSign up
1930s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 20 in (44 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (5), Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1930 Reclining Nude, circa 1930$4.1kSign up
c. 1931 UntitledResult not published
1931 Portrait Head Of Mary Blandford$3.7kSign up
1933 Second Portrait of Roma of Barbados (Bust) (1933)$11.4kSign up
c. 1936 Imperial Fritillary, circa 1936$3.5kSign up
1937 TanyaUnsold
1937 TanyaUnsold
1937 Rita RomillyUnsold
1940s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $7kSign up
- Average
- $19.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 10 in (36 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1941 Sixth Portrait of Kathleen, originally conceived 1941$7kSign up
1941 Sixth Portrait of Kathleen$9.4kSign up
1944 First Portait of Kitty (with Curls), conceived 1944$10.2kSign up
1944 Malvina$6.3kSign up
1946 Sir Winston Churchill$95.3kSign up
1947 Anthony$1.9kSign up
1949 Victor$4.7kSign up
1950s 4 works
Creation date not recorded
37 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $6.1kSign up
- Average
- $6.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 10.5 in (40 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2006 (British 1880-1959)$7.2kSign up
sold 2008 Fifth Portrait of Leda (Pouting)$5.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 11 works
- Sold
- 7 of 11
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 17 in (41 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6), Drawing (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2010 Third Portrait of Meum (mask)Unsold
sold 2011 Half Length Portrait of a Boy seated at a Table$1.9kSign up
sold 2011 Fourth Portrait of Kathleen (laughing)Unsold
sold 2012 Reclining female nudeUnsold
sold 2013 Untitled$13.5kSign up
sold 2015 Nude with Gold Necklace$533Sign up · sold 2×
Show 5 more (2010s)
sold 2016 This is an original work being the 10th + final cast of an edition of 10$3.8kSign up
sold 2016 Germaine Bras$2.4kSign up
sold 2016 Germaine BrasUnsold
sold 2017 Third Portrait of Kitty$2.9kSign up
sold 2019 Flowers in Bloom$1.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 24 works
- Sold
- 20 of 24
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 20.5 in (43 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9), Drawing (7), Gouache (4)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (4), Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2020 Yehudi Menuhin as a Young Man$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 UntitledResult not published
sold 2022 Delphiniums$3.8kSign up
sold 2022 Study of Mrs Betty Joel (La Belle Juive)$2.7kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$3.9kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$609Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Untitled$995Sign up
sold 2024 SUNFLOWERS$4.6kSign up
sold 2024 Reclining Nude$384Sign up
sold 2024 Third Portrait of Meum (mask)Unsold
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled$1.3kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jacob Epstein auction results →