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Jacob Epstein

Jacob Epstein

1880

WA-00013192

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

32

Institutional Exhibitions

23

Works in Collection

38

Assets Indexed

9

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ354779

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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British Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Recent Acquisitions: Epstein and Others

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962–1963

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959–1960

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Sculpture of the XXth Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Wikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1741
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/jacob-epstein
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jacob Epstein was an American-born sculptor who moved to Europe in 1902 and became a British subject in 1910, establishing himself as a pioneer of modernist sculpture. Working primarily in stone and bronze, he developed a distinctive approach that integrated abstraction with figural work, moving away from academic tradition. His monumental public commissions and carved reliefs helped define early twentieth-century sculpture on both sides of the Atlantic.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (23)

H. 10-1/8, Diam. 10 in. (25.7 x 25.4 cm.) Weight: 9.68 lbs (4.39 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dr. Elias A. Lowe

Overall: 24 3/8 × 8 × 7 in. (61.9 × 20.3 × 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Sholem Asch

Overall: 38.2 x 30.7 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 12 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

George Bernard Shaw

1934 · Bronze with green patina, marble base

Height (with base): 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1932 · Plaster

23 7/8 × 19 in., 29.4 lb., 12 in. (60.6 × 48.3 cm, 13.3 kg, 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1931 · pencil and watercolor

Sheet: 43.8 x 57.1 cm (17 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Paul Robeson

13 1/2 x 9 x 12 1/8" (34.2 x 22.9 x 30.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1928 · conté crayon

Sheet: 44.4 x 55.5 cm (17 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Side by Side

1923 · Graphite on tan wove paper

50.1 × 56 cm (19 3/4 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Weeping Woman

Overall: 59.1 x 42 x 48.3 cm (23 1/4 x 16 9/16 x 19 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Wounded Soldier (Private Brush)

Wounded Soldier (Private Brush)

1918 · Graphite on white wove paper

35.4 × 25.3 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Fountain Group

1918 · black chalk

Sheet: 35.2 x 50.6 cm (13 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The American Soldier

Height: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rock Drill

28 x 26" (71 x 66 cm) on wooden base

Museum of Modern Art

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

17 1/4 x 17 x 4" (43.8 x 43.1 x 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for The Rock Drill

Study for The Rock Drill

1913 · Pencil on paper

27 1/8 x 15 1/2" (69 x 39.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Birth

1913 · Red crayon on paper

27 1/8 x 17 1/8" (68.9 x 43.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for The Rock Drill

Study for The Rock Drill

1913 · Chalk on paper

27 x 17 1/4" (68.6 x 43.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Tin Hat

59.7 × 30.5 × 28 cm (23 1/2 × 12 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nan Seated

18 1/2 x 13 x 5 7/8" (47 x 33 x 14.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nan (The Dreamer)

1911 · plaster

Overall: 28 cm (11 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Severed Head

1907 · Limestone and concrete

17 5/8 in. × 10 1/4 in. × 8 in. (44.8 × 26 × 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief: Obverse: Sun God (1910); Reverse: Primeval Gods (1933)

1905 · Hopton-Wood stone

84 × 78 × 14 in. (213.4 × 198.1 × 35.6 cm) Weight: 6098 lb. (2766 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

23 published of 30 catalogued · 17 with image

MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Nan (The Dreamer)
1911 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sunita
1931 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Weeping Woman
1922 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Study for Fountain Group
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sunita
1928 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head of Sholem Asch
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Artsy artwork: Lydia (1931)

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Artsy artwork: Sunita (1928)

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Jacob Epstein (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

5

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago New Museum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

New Museum

In collection

New Museum