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Epstein: An Autobiography, by Sir Jacob Epstein

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To begin with, this is no real autobiography but an overly generous selection—especially of articles pro or contra Epstein (mostly the latter) published in the British press between 1908 and 1939—from the sculptor’s scrapbook. The volume would have gained considerably if Epstein had drawn upon the talent so happily evident in his sculpture—his gift for sloughing off non-essential details.



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