Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

SCULPTURE GIVEN TO ART GALLERY A BUST by Sir Jacob Epstein of his daughter Kitty hos been given to the Queensland Art Gallery. The g1I has been mnrte by Dr. Normnn Behnn, or Rardon, one or .~ustrulia's Gree.test ar hr nefactor.!J. T h e 50 cm hl~h brorue wa~ executerl before the Kitty, the daughter or lr Jncoh end his model, died of tuberculosis In the late 1920;, Dr. Behan bou~ht the bust at an exhibition or ,Jnc.ob Epstein wnrks from Rnhnt. Hamrs. a former rtirector of lhe Queensland Art Gal• ler)·, m 1Pn3. ~!r. Hnmcs. a director of the ~•Iler)' from 1051 10 !9o7, now ll\'es In Cannes In the south of France. The Jtrt Dr, Behan'• as II trustrr nr the c-al- 1..ry, now hou~ed in the l\1.1.M. Ruildln«, Ann Strttt, "'hlle awaltln« the completlnn ol I he n•w «allery on the •outh bank or the Rrls– hane Ri.-er. Dr, Behen. who Is also ,·ir.e-preslde,1 of the bnnrd , f trm tf!l"S, handed the sculp.ure O\'f'r to the pre. ldt nt i ~tr. ,J11~t1ce Connolb 1 during the week. H bnngs the gallery's number of Epstein• to five. Or. Bl' "·ho Is 70, 15 st.111 a pr,,ctisin~ doc– tor. He began collecting an nltrr he qunllfled as a doctor nnd today has one or the finest art collections in Australia. Half of i t Is on dls– pla;· Rt the Queensland Unll'erslty Art Museum. 1he ,;ornrr or hnn·s lounge. tit• 5-'tYS hr wlU mlst11 I t h u I adds, artcr llomrr: "Sn onP- ls the rnn"'r for whll l l'f.lU ~h·e awaf. It ,uu some• thlnr I ,..anted to do." Mr. Justice Connolly 691d the Bel1an Sift \\'GS ··very gcncrou ··. "fo date Dr. Bcl13n Is the b1ggrst benefactor or 1he d!iual o.rts m Quern., tand's history," he Mid. AUTHORITY ' The statue Is a work or t insiderable author• ll\·." ·The ,cling director nl the GR 'lery rM.r. R us– s c 11 K •rrisonJ said: •·we ere delighted at s uc h nn tmporL-ant " ·ork being added to the gRller;•·s tollect1011." The bust Is 01, view at the ~alter)'.