Rock Drill (Jacob Epstein) Modernism more dramatically than any other sculpture, English or continental, then or since". Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) was an American-born sculptor who had moved to Europe in 1902, and taken British citizenship in 1911. Although Epstein was not officially a member of the Vorticists, not having signed the Vorticist Manifesto, the full-figure sculpture has also been hailed as the pinnacle of Vorticist art. Originally a positive statement, "Rock Drill" stood as a celebration of modern machinery and masculine virility. Wyndham Lewis described the sculpture as 'one of the best things he [Epstein] has done. The nerve-like figure perched on the machinery,
Sadie Kuttner Epstein famous vocalists he was pronounced one of the most skillful of accompanists. The Epsteins lived at 4316 Lindell, and had two daughters, Marian Epstein Goldstein (1905-1985) and Janet Epstein Mendelson (1909-2005), who were also talented in music. She died in May 28, 1973, and is buried at New Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Missouri. Sadie Kuttner Epstein Sadie Kuttner Epstein (1883 - May 28, 1973) was an American concert singer. Sadie Kuttner was born in Cincinnati in 1883, the daughter of Simon H. Kuttner (1853-1940) and Pauline Grunauer (1850-1913). She moved to St. Louis in 1900, at which time she entered