POWELL, L. B. Jacob Epstein. London: Chapman & Hall. 1932. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the scarce dust jacket. This copy inscribed by Powell to the Birmingham Artist, Ernest ‘Ern’ Hill, and also signed without dedication by Epstein. A very good book, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square. The contents generally clean and fine, just some spots to the textblock edges. The dust jacket unclipped, with several nicks, chips, creases and rubbing, most noticeably to spine foot, with neat repairs to verso. Nevertheless uncommon in the jacket, and with signatures of both Epstein and Powell, plus the ephemera, this becomes a unique copy.
A leading contemporary biography of the leading modernist sculptor, with plates. Loosely inserted are various clippings and ephemeral pieces compiled by Hill (see below). Of particular interest is an invitation by The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman A. F. Bradbeer, to meet for tea in 1947, where the pair would also meet Epstein following the unveiling of Lucifer in the Birmingham Art Gallery. From the library of Ernest and Catherine Hill. Ernest ‘Ern’ Hill RBSA (1873-1960) was a Birmingham-born artist who took a particularly interest in both the Arts & Crafts movement and in Cornwall as scene.
POWELL, L. B. Jacob Epstein. London: Chapman & Hall. 1932. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the scarce dust jacket. This copy inscribed by Powell to the Birmingham Artist, Ernest ‘Ern’ Hill, and also signed without dedication by Epstein. A very good book, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square. The contents generally clean and fine, just some spots to the textblock edges. The dust jacket unclipped, with several nicks, chips, creases and rubbing, most noticeably to spine foot, with neat repairs to verso. Nevertheless uncommon in the jacket, and with signatures of both Epstein and Powell, plus the ephemera, this becomes a unique copy.
A leading contemporary biography of the leading modernist sculptor, with plates. Loosely inserted are various clippings and ephemeral pieces compiled by Hill (see below). Of particular interest is an invitation by The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman A. F. Bradbeer, to meet for tea in 1947, where the pair would also meet Epstein following the unveiling of Lucifer in the Birmingham Art Gallery. From the library of Ernest and Catherine Hill. Ernest ‘Ern’ Hill RBSA (1873-1960) was a Birmingham-born artist who took a particularly interest in both the Arts & Crafts movement and in Cornwall as scene.
