EPSTEIN - Auckland Art Gallery

43HEAD OF KITTY 1947BronzeLent by Mr Arnold L. Haskell, C B EExhibited 'Arts Council', 1952, cat. no. 48. Two heads of 'Kitty', dated1944 and 1949, are illustrated in the 'Autobiography' facing pages 183and 203. A bust (1956) was included in the 'Leicester Galleries' 1960exhibition, cat. no. 54.44MRS FRAENKEL 1947BronzeLent by Mr Arnold L. Haskell, C B E45ESTHER (THE SCULPTOR'S DAUGHTER) 1949BronzeLent by the Queensland National Art GalleryIllustrated 'Autobiography' facing page 202. Exhibited 'Arts Council',1952, cat. no. 50, plate 27; 'Epstein-Sickert', Queensland National ArtGallery, 1954, cat. no. 7.46RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1950BronzeLent by the Arts Council of Great BritainOther casts are in the collections of the Birmingham City Art Gallery,and Mr Arnold F. Thompson.Exhibited 'Leicester Galleries', 1950, cat. no. 15; 'Arts Council', 1952,cat. no. 52, plate 22. Illustrated 'Autobiography' facing page 211.Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was born at Down Ampney,Gloucestershire, and educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge. Hestudied music at the Royal College of Music and later, briefly, withBruch in Berlin and Ravel in Paris. His first major success was in 1907at the Leeds Festival. For 30 years professor of composition at the RoyalCollege, he was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Although an upholderof the English musical tradition, and a folk song enthusiast, hewas also progressive and was often represented among far youngercomposers at the festivals of the International Society for ContemporaryMusic.47MADONNA AND CHILD (Maquette) 1952Lead 13f" high Inscribed 'Epstein'Auckland City Art GalleryThe 'Madonna and Child', for which this is a maquette, has now beencast in lead and erected on the bridge between two buildings on thenorth side of Cavendish Square, London. A further maquette for this21/