Lot 116 · Modern British & Irish Art
First Portrait of Enver (Head) 34cm (13 3/8in) high including base; 26cm (10 1/4in) excluding base
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,606–$3,909
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern British & Irish Art, London, Knightsbridge · 17 July 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-377828
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sir Jacob Epstein, First Portrait of Enver (Head) 34cm (13 3/8in) high including base; 26cm (10 1/4in) excluding base. Bonhams, 17 Jul 2024, lot 116. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-377828.
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Sir Jacob Epstein, First Portrait of Enver (Head) 34cm (13 3/8in) high including base; 26cm (10 1/4in) excluding base. Bonhams, 17 Jul 2024, lot 116. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-377828.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Red Nude | Sandra Fisher | £3,000–£5,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Nan (The Dreamer) - Head and Shoulders 19cm (7 1/2in) high i | $3,336 | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | |
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Delphiniums | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2022 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Reclining Nude | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Nude Study B (Betty Peters) 58cm (22 13/16 in) wide | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Study of Mrs Betty Joel (La Belle Juive) | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2022 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Illustration to Whitman's Calamus | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Third Portrait of Jackie (Ragamuffin) 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high | Bonhams, Mar 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.