Epstein's Latest 1942

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Titles read: "EPSTEIN'S LATEST".

Location of events unknown - London?

Various shots of sculptor Jacob Epstein's latest work, 'Jacob and the Angel'. A man walks around the alabaster sculpture, gazing at it. Different voices on the soundtrack call out superlatives to describe it - mighty,...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43636
Sort Number:
42/014
Time in/Out:
01:09:27:00 / 01:09:52:00
Canister:
42/14
Film ID:
1318.04
Issue Date:
16/02/1942

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  • The likely location for this clip is the Leicester Galleries in London, where the sculpture was put on show in February 1942.

    jamied 4th Sep 2012

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