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Jerome Connor (1876-1943)
Peggy Connor
Bronze, 28cm high (11”)
Signed
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1942 by J.P.
Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
This figure was identified by Máirín Allen as Peggy Connor,
the artist’s only child. Though Connor’s daughter is more
frequently remembered as Marjorie, they are presumably one
and the same person. Both names occur in the RHA listing
for 1938 and refer to two respective pieces: a marble (405),
entitled
Peggy,
and a bronze (406), entitled
Marjorie
, both lent
by Joseph Brennan Esq.
€1,500 - 2,500
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Jerome Connor (1876-1943)
Portrait Study
Bronze, 19cm high (7½”)
Signed
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1941 by J.P. Reihill Snr;
Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, 1941, Cat. No. 386
Literature: Máirín Allen,
Jerome Connor-Two
, Capuchin Annual
1964, pp353-69 (illustration p367)
The identity of the sitter is unknown but she bears a strong resemblance
to the model (identity also unknown), for the Éire memorial, executed
in 1932 and now in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. Its format and
treatment suggest a date of c.1938.Though the modelling is succinct,
the piece, texturally, begins to display the granular character of
Connor’s later work.
€1,500 - 2,500
The Deepwell Collection
