Strauss & co - 20 May 2019, Johannesburg

145 250 Sir Jacob Epstein kbe BRITISH 1880–1959 Tiger King, Man of Aran bronze with a golden patina on stone base height: 43 cm excluding base, 54 cm including base R80 000 – 120 000 PROVENANCE Blue Bird Farm, Oppenheimer Collection 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 six busts cast from ‘Tiger King’, the current lot being one of them. TWOVIEWS OF LOT 249 249 Sir Jacob Epstein kbe BRITISH 1880–1959 First Portrait of Lydia bronze with a green patina height: 52 cm R150 000 – 200 000 PROVENANCE Blue Bird Farm, Oppenheimer Collection TWOVIEWS OF LOT 250