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Jerome Connor (1876-1943)
The Bellman
Bronze, 47cm high each (18½”)
Signed and inscribed with title
Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist circa 1940 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell,
Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibiiton, 1941, Cat. No. 383 (lent by J.P. Reihill)
IELA 1st Exhibition, Memorial Section to Jerome Connor, Cat. No. 3
Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat.
No. 2
Jerome Connor, Annascaul, April/May 1988
Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, National Gallery of Ireland, Feb/Mar
1993, Cat. No 21
Literature: Máirín Allen, Jerome Connor-Two, Capuchin Annual 1964, pp353-69
(illustration p365)
Giollamuire ÓMurchú, Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, NGI, 1993
(illustrated p73)
A fine example of Connor’s late ‘free’ work,
The Bellman
is a portrait study of a coal deliv-
ery man, colloquially a “bellman”, depicted with a coal-bag tied around his shoulders. It
was cast for Mr John P Reihill because of his connection with the coal-importing busi-
ness. Compared with Connor’s earlier work there is a looseness of touch in the handling
of the clay which results in a far greater degree of expression.
€10,000 - 15,000
