Adam's Important Irish Art Wednesday May 30th 2018

90 69 JEROME CONNOR (1876-1943) Peggy Connor Bronze, 28cm high (11’’) Signed Provenance: Sale, Important Irish Art, these rooms, 1st October 2014, Lot 42, where purchased by current owner 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. € 2,000 - 3,000