Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

379 c GASTON LACHAISE Seated Nude. Pencil on paper. 455x302 mm; 17 7 / 8 x11 7 / 8 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right recto. Ex-collection Graham Gallery, New York, with the label; private collection, New York. [1,500/2,500] 380  JACOB EPSTEIN Nude Study “A” (Betty Peters) . Bronze, 1943-45. 740 mm; 29 inches (length). Published in Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein , Oxford, 1986, page 193, number 341 (another cast illustrated). This bronze nude is a study by Epstein (1880-1959) of one of his favorite models from the 1930s and 1940s, Betty Peters, who managed a hostel for sailors in London’s East End. She is represented by Epstein in numerous bronze and plaster sculptures as well as drawings and watercolors. [7,000/10,000] 379