Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Live Auction, 20 May 2019
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
About this Item
British 1880-1959
Tiger King, Man of Aran
bronze with a golden patina on stone base
height: 43cm excluding base, 54cm including base
Notes
Coleman ‘Tiger’ King played the lead role of Irishman Robert J. Flaherty in the 1934 film Man of Aran. Apart from this he was also known as a fisherman, blacksmith and farmer, but, it was his fighting spirit and passion for guns that earned him his name of ‘Tiger King’. Epstein had cast six busts modelled from ‘Tiger King’, the current lot being one of them.
Provenance
Blue Bird Farm, Oppenheimer Collection.View all Sir Jacob Epstein KBE lots for sale in this auction
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