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Jerome Connor (1876-1943)
Seán - Head of an Irish Boy
Bronze, 40.7cm high (16”)
Signed
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1940/1 by J.P.
Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Exhibited: IELA 1st Exhibition, Memorial Section to Jerome
Connor, Cat. No. 12
Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wex
ford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 8
Although conceived of as representing the generic “Irish”boy,
this portrait head is identifiable as the artist’s grand-nephew
Seán, from an identical, inscribed head in the Digby Col-
lection. Connor visited his brother Tim in Holyoke in 1934
and while there made a number of reliefs, one of which was
of Tim’s grandson John, Connor’s grand-nephew, and from
which this bronze was later modelled.
€1,500 - 2,500
The Deepwell Collection
