Why Epstein record is surprisingly modest
SETTING the highest price ever seen at auction for Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), this lifesize sculpture of a mother and child, overshot its £60,000-80,000 estimate at Sotheby's latest sale of Modern British art in London before being knocked down to a private buyer at £120,000.
Understandably, however, some may ask why the record price for an artist who is regarded as one of t…