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"Orchids" Vase
1954 · Glass
H. 10-1/8, Diam. 10 in. (25.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Weight: 9.68 lbs (4.39 kg)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jacob Epstein
1880
Sculpture
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32
Institutional Exhibitions
23
Works in Collection
38
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9
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New Humans: Memories of the Future
New Museum
2026
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Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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British Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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Jacob Epstein was an American-born sculptor who moved to Europe in 1902 and became a British subject in 1910, establishing himself as a pioneer of modernist sculpture. Working primarily in stone and bronze, he developed a distinctive approach that integrated abstraction with figural work, moving away from academic tradition. His monumental public commissions and carved reliefs helped define early twentieth-century sculpture on both sides of the Atlantic.
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New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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