The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Study for Fountain Group

1918

Jacob Epstein

(British, 1880–1959)

England, 20th century

Black chalk

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

Gift of William H. West 1970.358

Location

not on view

Description

Epstein wrote on the sheet, "Group for a garden/to be in bronze or portland stone/over life size in the centre of a/fountain in a garden." The sculpture was never realized.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscription: "Group for a garden/to be in bronze or portland stone/over life size in the centre of a/fountain in a garden"

Citations
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972). p. 43, no. 78, repr. p. 21 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.358