Rock Drill (Jacob Epstein) with its straining to one purpose, is a vivid illustration of the greatest function of life.' In 1940, however, recalling the horrors of the 1914–18 war in the context of the Second World War, Epstein reinterpreted the sculpture much more negatively: Study for Rock Drill (c. 1913) is a × charcoal drawing by Epstein which is part of The Garman Ryan Collection at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Whilst the exact date of the sketch is unknown, because it is a preparatory study for Epstein's full sculpture "Rock Drill", it has been dated to 1913. Epstein dismantled the original sculpture:
Jason Epstein have appeared in "The New York Times Magazine", "The New York Review of Books", and "Condé Nast Traveler", among other publications. He is the author of the following books: In 1953 Jason Epstein married Barbara Zimmerman with whom he had two children, Jacob and Helen. The couple divorced in 1990 and in 1993 he married Judith Miller, a reporter for "The New York Times" and daughter of impresario Bill Miller. Jason Epstein Jason Wolkow Epstein (born August 25, 1928) is an American editor and publisher. Born to a Jewish family on August 25, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An only child,