Jacob Epstein of Epstein's early commissions is "Oscar Wilde's tomb" in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, "which was condemned as indecent and at one point was covered in tarpaulin by the French police." Between 1913 and 1915, Epstein was associated with the short-lived Vorticism movement and produced one of his best known sculptures "The Rock Drill". In 1915, John Quinn, wealthy American collector and patron to the modernists, bought some Epstein sculptures to add to his private collection. In 1916, Epstein was commissioned by Viscount Tredegar to produce a bronze head of Newport poet W. H. Davies. The bronze, regarded by many as
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,