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Christ in Limbo (from the \'Large Passion\' series)

by: Durer, Albrecht
Collection: Garman Ryan
tags: figure study, symbolism, illustration

The Last Supper (from \'The Large Passion\' series)

by: Durer, Albrecht
Collection: Garman Ryan
tags: illustration, symbolism

Study for the Tomb of Oscar Wilde

by: Epstein, Sir Jacob
Collection: Garman Ryan
tags: illustration
This drawing for the Tomb for Oscar Wilde reveals the inspiration of Egyptian art and Assyrian carvings of winged bulls which Epstein studied in the British Museum. The final sculpture was created as a dramatic sphinx like angel with arms and legs pushed back by the speed of flight referencing Wilde's poem about the Sphinx. When this difficult commission was finally unveiled in the Pere La Chaise Cemetery in Paris in 1912 a storm broke out over the angel's well formed and very male genitalia. The offending items were covered with fig leaves, tarpaulins and alternatively swaddled in plaster until the fuss finally died down during the First World War.

Pieta, Two Heads

by: Epstein, Sir Jacob
Collection: Garman Ryan
tags: symbolism, illustration
In 1929 Epstein was commissioned to carve figures for the London Transport Underground Headquarters. The carving of Night was a seated 'Pieta' sculpture, which drew on Epstein's passion and interest in African sculpture. As with many of his works it was received with scorn and revulsion and was the last public commission he was to receive for over thirty years. Three years later Epstein returned to the 'Pieta' theme and produced this powerfully expressive drawing, but the intended carving was never made. Many years later in 1956 Epstein carved the powerful and emotional TUC War memorial, returning to the theme yet again.

The Risen Christ or Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

by: Epstein, Sir Jacob
Collection: Garman Ryan
tags: illustration, symbolism, figure study
Epstein made few studies of the Gospels compared with his numerous illustrations of Old Testament themes which fascinated him. One major sculpture deals with this central religious icon of Christianity: Risen Christ, completed in 1919. The full figure is in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. The dislocated hands from the sculpture are here in The Garman Ryan Collection. As in this drawing, the finger points accusingly at the holes in the reborn Christ's hands. Epstein stated that his sculpture accused 'the world for its grossness, inhumanity, cruelty and beastliness'. It was a subject that continued to interest him and this drawing was made many years later.