Jerome (1874) Connor Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jerome (1874) Connor Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 11, 2024
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) THE SIREN
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) THE SIREN bronze relief on green marble plaque; (unique) with artist's name and title on marble plaque h:14.75 w:10.50 d:2.75 in. Born in Co. Kerry, Jerome Connor emigrated from Ireland in 1888, settling with his family in America. He learned the skills of stone carving and bronze casting at a young age and worked for a time for a monument company in Springfield, Massachusetts. While in America he was responsible for a number of major public commissions including the Spanish American War Memorial at Springfield and a standing portrait of Robert Emmet for the Smithsonian Institute, a copy of which now stands in St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. In 1925 he returned to Ireland after receiving a commission to create the Lusitania Peace Memorial at Cobh, a project which occupied him for many years. In 1926 he completed a bronze bust of George Russell which he cast, chased and patinated himself making it the first bronze statue ever fully completed in Ireland. During this period he exhibited several times at the RHA and at RA in London. A memorial exhibition of his work was held at the 1943 Irish Exhibition of Living Art and in 1993 the National Gallery of Ireland had a commemorative exhibition.
Whyte's
Aug. 23, 2023
Jerome Connor for Roycroft, Collection of five portrait plaques
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Jerome Connor for Roycroft Collection of five portrait plaques Ireland/USA, 1899-1900 painted terracotta largest: 1 d x 8.5 dia in (3 x 22 cm) smallest: 1.25 d x 3 dia in (3 x 8 cm) Collection is comprised of two plaques featuring Walt Whitman, two of Elbert Hubbard, and one of Hubbard's daughters, Katherine. Molded signature, date, and title to front of each largest example 'Walt Whitman Jerome Conner Copyright 1900' with orb and cross mark. Darker example incised to reverse 'No. 42 St. Jerome' and to lighter example 'No. 39 St. Jerome'. Molded to front of larger example featuring Hubbard 'Fra Elbertus The Roycroft Shop East Aurora' with orb and cross mark and smaller with incised orb and cross to verso. Molded signature and title to front of additional example 'Katherine The Roycroft Baby St. Jerome SC'. Literature: Roycroft Collectibles, Hamilton, pg. 70 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Aug. 23, 2023
Jerome Connor for Roycroft, Bust of Elbert Hubbard and a pair of portrait bookends
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Jerome Connor for Roycroft Bust of Elbert Hubbard and a pair of portrait bookends USA, 1901, c. 1915 glazed and painted terracotta, leather and fabric over iron and cardboard bust: 11.875 h x 8.5 w x 7 d in (30 x 22 x 18 cm) bookend (each): 6 h x 5 w x 4.5 d in (15 x 13 x 11 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso of bust 'Fra Elbertus 1901 By St. Gerome Roycroft'. Literature: Head, Heart and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters, Via and Searl, pg. 98 illustrates bookends, ppg. 113-114 illustrate similar busts Roycroft Collectibles, Hamilton, ppg. 70, 74 illustrate similar busts On a High Shelf: Roycroft Books and Bookmakers, Ogle, pg. 207 illustrates bookends This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Mar. 07, 2022
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) STASIA, 1937
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) STASIA, 1937 plaster on wooden base signed lower centre h:11 w:11 d:2 in. The subject is Stasia Doyle, later Mrs Balfe. Another example is in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI. 8379).
Whyte's
Dec. 08, 2021
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peace (1939) Bronze, raised on a sculpted marble plinth, 24.5cm high (9½'') Signed, inscribed and dated on plinth This is one of a number of studies on the theme of Peace, linked to the second and third of four designs
Est: €6,000 - €10,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peace (1939) Bronze, raised on a sculpted marble plinth, 24.5cm high (9½'') Signed, inscribed and dated on plinth This is one of a number of studies on the theme of Peace, linked to the second and third of four designs drawn up by Connor for the Lusitania Memorial's Angel of Peace. It also recalls the veiled, allegorical figure of Peace which, with a figure of Patriotism, flanks the Angels of the Battlefield public memorial in Washington DC which Connor executed in 1924. Anastasia Balfe is the model.
Adam's
Mar. 09, 2020
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) MARJORIE, 1932
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
signed and dated lower right
Whyte's
Sep. 25, 2019
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The SirenBronze, 29 x 21.5 x 7cm (11¼ x 8½ x 2¾), attached to a green marble rectangular plaque 38 x 27cm (15 x 10¾)The marble inscribed 'THE SIREN - JEROME CONNOR SC'
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The SirenBronze, 29 x 21.5 x 7cm (11¼ x 8½ x 2¾), attached to a green marble rectangular plaque 38 x 27cm (15 x 10¾)The marble inscribed 'THE SIREN - JEROME CONNOR SC'
Adam's
May. 30, 2018
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peggy Connor Bronze, 28cm high (11'') Signed Provenance: Sold Important Irish Art Auction Sale, these rooms, 1st October 2014, Lot 42, where purchased by current owner; purchased directly from the artist c.1942 by J.P.
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peggy Connor Bronze, 28cm high (11'') Signed Provenance: Sold Important Irish Art Auction Sale, 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.
Adam's
Mar. 27, 2018
JEROME CONNOR (IRISH, 1875-1943) Gaelic Warrior bronze 33cm (13in) (high, including base)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
JEROME CONNOR (IRISH, 1875-1943) Gaelic Warrior bronze 33cm (13in) (high, including base)
Bonhams
Nov. 28, 2016
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) HEAD OF A WOMAN
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) HEAD OF A WOMAN
Whyte's
Nov. 28, 2016
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) HEAD OF A MAN
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
signed on neck
Whyte's
Sep. 26, 2016
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) SEAN
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
signed at base; titled on label beneath base
Whyte's
Jun. 01, 2016
Jerome Connor (1874-1943)Bust of a PikemanBronze on Slate base, 24.5cm high (9¾)Signed
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943)Bust of a PikemanBronze on Slate base, 24.5cm high (9¾)Signed
Adam's
May. 30, 2016
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) PORTRAIT STUDY, 1940
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) PORTRAIT STUDY, 1940 bronze; (unique) signed, titled and dated on base h:16.50 w:9.50 d:6.50 in.
Whyte's
Sep. 08, 2015
Jerome Stanley Connor, Irish 1875-1943- Untitled Head, possibly Hurler; bronze on a wooden plinth, s
Est: £800 - £1,200
Jerome Stanley Connor, Irish 1875-1943- Untitled Head, possibly Hurler; bronze on a wooden plinth, signed to base, 21.5cm high
Roseberys
May. 27, 2015
Jerome Connor (1876-1943)The Filborg (a.k.a Ronnie)Bronze on a slate base,
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943)The Filborg (a.k.a Ronnie)Bronze on a slate base, 35cm (13.75) highSigned on base
Adam's
Dec. 03, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm high (9'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1942 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin This piece is identified as The Singer due to its close relationship with a
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm high (9'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1942 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin This piece is identified as The Singer due to its close relationship with a correspondingly titled piece in the Digby Collection. Its smooth finish and concise modelling relate it most immediately to The Boxer, sold in these rooms, May 2014, Cat. No. 37
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Portrait Study Bronze,
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
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.
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peggy Connor Bronze,
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
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.
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Bust of a Man in a Hat
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Bust of a Man in a Hat Bronze, 26cm high (10¼'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1941 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 5 A very late example of Connor's work, in formal terms this is one of his most 'abstract' pieces. Though obviously figurative, Connor is concerned less with the definition of the man's physiognomy and form than he is with overall texture and surface pattern. The treatment of this piece emphasises its sheer physical presence. Connor's familiarity with Epstein's work is particularly relevant in this instance.
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peace Bronze, 17.8cm
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Peace Bronze, 17.8cm high (7'') Signed and inscribed Provenance: Purchased through the Victor Waddington Galleries, 16/02/40 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: IELA 1st Exhibition, Memorial Section to Jerome Connor, Cat. No. 11 Irish Art 1900-1950, ROSC Chorcaí, The Crawford Gallery, Cat. No. 168 Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts, 1977 Centre, Cat. No. 3 Jerome Connor, Annascaul, April/May 1988 Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, National Gallery of Ireland, Feb/Mar 1993, Cat. No 10g Literature: Máirín Allen, Jerome Connor-Two, Capuchin Annual 1964, pp353-69 (illustration p367) Giollamuire Ó Murchú, Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, National Gallery of Ireland, 1993 (illustrated p57) This is one of a number of studies on the theme of Peace, linked to the second and third of four designs drawn up by Connor for the Lusitania Memorial's Angel of Peace. It also recalls the veiled, allegorical figure of Peace which, with a figure of Patriotism, flank the Angels of the Battlefield public memorial in Washington DC which Connor executed in 1924. Anastasia Balfe is the model.
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Statia Bronze, 24cm high
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Statia Bronze, 24cm high (9½'') Signed Provenance: Purchased through the Victor Waddington Galleries 16/12/40 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 4 Jerome Connor, Annascaul, April/May 1988 Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, National Gallery of Ireland, Feb/Mar 1993, Cat. No 10f Literature: Máirín Allen, Jerome Connor-Two, Capuchin Annual 1964, pp353-69 (illustration p367) Giollamuire Ó Murchú, Jerome Connor, Irish-American Sculptor, NGI, p56 This is a portrait study of Anastatia Balfe whom Connor employed as a cook and housekeeper after his wife and daughter returned to America to live. Statia prepared his meals, tidied his house and sometimes posed for him and it was she who was Connor's final model for the Angel of Peace which surmounted the Lusitania Memorial. Connor felt something of a father figure to her and even went so far as to ask his solicitor to arrange some sort of formal adoption. She stayed with him until her marriage.
Adam's
Oct. 01, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm high (9'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1942 by J.P. Reihill Snr; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin This piece is identified as The Singer due to its close relationship with a correspondingly titled piece in the Digby Collection. Its smooth finish and concise modelling relate it most immediately to The Boxer, sold in these rooms, May 2014, Cat. No. 37
Adam's
May. 28, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of a Young Girl
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of a Young Girl (Máire) Bronze, 40.7cm high (16'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c1942 by John Reihill Snr , Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: IELA 1st Exhibition 1943 , Memorial Section to Jerome Connor, Cat. No. 12 Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 8 Jerome Connor, Annascaul, April/May 1988 Stylistically this head bears a strong relationship with that of Seán and, likewise is intended to represent a ''typical'' Irish girl. A very similar head in the Anraí Ó Braonáin Collection bears the date 1940 on its base and is a reference to the year in which it was cast.
Adam's
May. 28, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Seán - Head of an Irish
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
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, Wexford 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 Collection. 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.
Adam's
May. 28, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Bellman Bronze, 47cm
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
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 II, Capuchin Annual 1964, pp353-69 (illustration p365) Giollamuire Ó Murchú, 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 delivery 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 business. 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.
Adam's
May. 28, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Boxer Bronze, 26cm
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Boxer Bronze, 26cm high (10¼'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist c.1940 by J.P. Reihill Snr Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: Irish Art from Private Collections 1870-1930, Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 9 Jerome Connor, Annascaul, April/May 1988 This is another of Connor's so-called ''little pieces of free work'', done late in his career. As a young man Connor was very athletic and during his youth, perhaps aided by the fact that his hands were unusually large, he achieved renown as a prize boxer, a sport in which he maintained an interest throughout his life. Even in his mature years he kept a punch ball for practice to keep himself fit and could be called upon when required to keep order in the Palace Bar.
Adam's
May. 28, 2014
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Irish Peasant Girl
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Irish Peasant Girl (Irish Maiden) Bronze, 16.5cm high (6½'') Provenance: Purchased from the artist c.1941/2 by John P. Reihill; Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Exhibited: RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, 1942, Cat. No. 296 (lent by Mrs J.P. Reihill) IELA, 1st Exhibition, Memorial Section to Jerome Connor, Cat. No. 16 Literature: Máirín Allen, Jerome Connor II, Capuchin Annual 1964, pp353-69 (illustrated p365) The sitter in this case is probably Statia Balfe. Her veiled head suggest a relationship with studies being conducted by Connor in relation to the Lusitania Memorial Angel of Peace. Jerome Connor ranks among the major Irish sculptors of the first half of this century, along with Andrew O'Connor, John Hughes and Oliver Sheppard. Born near Annascaul, Co. Kerry, in 1874, Connor was thirteen when the family emigrated to Massachusetts. Shortly after their arrival his father died so Connor left home to seek work, beginning first in New York where he found employment as a sign-painter, a machinist and then as a stone-cutter for a monument company in Massachusetts, where he worked on the South Hadley Civil War Memorial. During this time he made additional money as a prizefighter under the name of Patrick J. O'Connor. He also trained as a bronze-founder and assisted Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941), in the casting of The Fountain of Neptune bronzes for the Library of Congress, Washington DC, all before he was twenty-one years old. Having worked for a period at the Roycroft Institution, East Aurora, New York, where he produced commercial terracotta busts. Connor graduated to ''high'' art via portraiture, producing Civil War memorials and various monuments. His Irish-American connections brought him the Robert Emmet commission, and later, the Lusitania Memorial commission, funded by the Lusitania Peace Memorial committee and to be sited at Cobh. He was also commissioned to carry out a full length statue of Elbert Hubbard, founder of the Roycroft Institution and personal friend of Connor's who died in the sinking of the Lusitania. On the strength of these two commissions he returned to Ireland in 1925, taking a studio on the North Circular Road in Dublin. However, the designs for the Lusitania Memorial were frequently changed, although whether the decision of change came from the Lusitania committee or the sculptor himself is unclear. Conceived of as a symbolic appeal for world peace, the Memorial was to occupy Connor for nearly eight years, from 1929-1936, and although he had produced several designs, plans, scale models and some full-size symbolic figures it remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1943. (The monument was not finally completed until 1968). Connor undertook other commissions including a memorial for Tralee entitled The Pikeman, to commemorate the 1798 Rising, and a figure of 'Éire', for the Killarney Poets Society in commemoration of Gaelic poets of 18th century Kerry. He also entered designs for a national coinage, became friendly with W.B. Yeats and A.E. and exhibited in London where his work was positively reviewed by leading critics. At the same time he kept up his links with America, going back there regularly, (his wife and daughter had returned there c.1934). In 1939 Connor was declared bankrupt; he lost possession of his studio and the war cut him off from his family in America. From this time until his death Connor exhibited in Dublin a remarkable series of small bronzes which he described as ''little pieces of free work'', more loosely handled in their use of clay than his earlier output. They are of particular importance as they are the product of a talent which first introduced the processes of casting, chasing and patinating of bronze to Ireland.
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2013
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of a Mourning
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of a Mourning Mother Bronze, 16cm (6_'') Provenance: From the collection of RHA President, the artist Dermod O'Brien PRHA and thence by decent from whom acquired Private Collection Dublin. There is a hand written note inside by the artist Brigid Ganly (Dermod O'Briens daughter) stating that this was one of the artist's concepts for the Lusitania Memorial obviously replacing one of the mourning fishermen, the head of whom adopts a similar pose. There is a bigger version of this piece which was in the Digby Collection (Capuchin Annual 1965)
Adam's
Sep. 25, 2013
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of Marjorie
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Head of Marjorie Connemara marble, 23cm high (9'') Base signed and inscribed ''Marjorie'' by Jerome Connor Provenance: The Collection of Lewinter Frankl, thereafter in the private collection of gallery owner Nelson Bell, from whom purchased privately by the current owner Exhibited: ''The Lewinter Frankl Collection'', The Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, March-April 1958, Cat. No. 212 Exhibited: ''The Lewinter Frankl Collection'', The Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, March - April 1958, Cat. No. 212
Adam's
May. 29, 2013
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Fírbolg (a.k.a.
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Fírbolg (a.k.a. Ronnie) 38cm (15'') high on grey slate base Provenance: The collection of the late Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl, thereafter in the private collection of Gallery owner Nelson Bell from whom purchased by the current owner. Exhibited: IELA 1943 Memorial Exhibition to Jerome Connor, Cat. No. 8 ''The Lewinter-Frankl Collection'', Belfast Museum and Art Gallery 1958, Cat. No. 209
Adam's
Mar. 26, 2013
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Siren (1938) Bronze,
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) Siren (1938) Bronze, 24cm (9½'') high including base Signed, inscribed with title on the base ''Siren'', and dated 1938 Provenance: The collection of the late Mrs. Spain, Dublin, thereafter in the private collection of Gallery owner Nelson Bell from whom purchased by the current owner.
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2012
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Singer Bronze, 23cm high (9'') including pink marble base, inscribed in a cartouche Jerome Connor Provenance: The Collection of the late Zoltan Lewinter Frankl; The private collection of art gallery, owner Nelson Bell, from whom the work was purchased by the current owner Exhibited: ''The Lewinter Frankl Collection'' Belfast Museum & Art Gallery, March - April 1958, thought to have been exhibited under title ''Mourning'' Cat. No. 210
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2012
Jerome Connor (1874 - 1943) The Pikeman (1940)
Est: €15,000 - €25,000
Jerome Connor (1874 - 1943) The Pikeman (1940) Bronze, 83cm high (32.75'') Signed Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the current owners' father, c1940 and thence by descent. Exhibited: 1942 RHA Annual Exhibition Cat. No. 310 where lent by current owners' father 1943 IELA 1st Exhibition ''Jerome Connor Memorial Section'' Cat. No. 10 1977 Wexford Arts Centre ''Irish Art from Private Collections 1870 - 1930'' Cat. No. 2 1988 Annascaul ''Jerome Connor'' Exhibition to coincide with a weekend seminar on his life and work at his place of birth. 1991 Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery,Dublin ''Irish Art and Modernism'' Cat. No.128 - this exhibition then toured to The Ulster Museum in Belfast. 1993 The National Gallery of Ireland ''Jerome Connor Retrospective'' Cat. No. 22 ''Ireland: Her People and Landscape'' The AVA Gallery, June - Sept 2012, Cat. No. 6 Literature: ''Jerome Connor I '' The Capuchin Annual 1963 by Mairin Allen pp 347 - 68 Illustrated p351 ''Irish Art and Modernism'' by Dr SB Kennedy 1991 Illustrated p340 ''Jerome Connor - Irish American Sculptor'' by Giollamuire O'Murchu NGI 1993 Illustrated p73 ''Ireland: Her People and Landscape'' Exhibition Catalogue, full page illustration p13 Jerome Connor was born near Annascaul in Co. Kerry but in 1874 when Connor was only thirteen the family emigrated to Massachusetts,U.S.A.. Shortly after their arrival his Father died and he had to leave home to seek work. He moved through various jobs including being a prize fighter before being trained as a bronze founder and he assisted Roland Hinton Perry in casting of ''The Fountain of Neptune'' bronzes for the Library of Congress. He worked for a period with the Roycroft institution and when his friend and patron Elbert Hubbard its founder died on the Lusitania he was commissioned to do a full sized statue of him. His Irish-American connections brought him the Robert Emmett commission and later the Lusitania Memorial commission which were to see him return to Ireland in 1925. Various other commissions in Ireland were to follow as well as a remarkable series of small bronzes which he described as 'little pieces of free work'' more loosely handled than his earlier work. They are of particular importance as they are the product of talent which first introduced the process of casting,chasing and patinating of bronze to Ireland. ''The Pikeman'' is Connor's second design for the unrealized 1798 Memorial ''Pikeman'' intended for Denny Street, Tralee,Co Kerry where it was to replace a stone figure destroyed by the British Forces during the Irish War of Independence. The contrast between this design and the earlier one of 1928 - 31 illustrates Connor's move from formal clarity and academic pose to a more expressive approach achieved through rugged modeling ,simplicity of pose and defiant expression. We acknowledge Christina Kennedy's private research and writings which formed the basis of this catalogue entry.
Adam's
Jun. 01, 2011
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) The Irish Mother Bronze,
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) The Irish Mother Bronze, 30cm high (12") high Literature : "Jerome Connor" by Máirin Allen The Capuchin Annual 1965 - a similar version illustrated from The Digby Collection. Exhibited : An example of this work is thought to have been included in the RHA Annual Exhibition 1943 Cat. No. 362 and in the Memorial Section to Jerome Connor of the first Irish Exhibition of Living Art cat. No. 20. Dermod O' Brien PRHA had a bronze of just the head section of this work and it was thought she represented "The Mourning Mother" and perhaps was one of the designs he considered for the Lusitania Memorial before fixing on "The Mourning Fishermen" which are now incorporated in the memorial in Cobh, Co. Cork.
Adam's
Dec. 06, 2010
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) Bust of a Pikeman
Est: €6,000 - €10,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) Bust of a Pikeman Bronze, 28cm high (11") Provenance: The Lewinter-Frankl collection, afterwards in the personal collection of Nelson Bell from where acquired privately by the current owner. Exhibited: "The Lewinter-Frankl Collection" The Ulster Museum, March-April 1958, catalogue no. 211, catalogued as "Bust of Man" "The Collectors Eye" Exhibition, The Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Jan/Feb 2004; The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Mar/Apr 2004 cat. no. 34
Adam's
Jun. 02, 2010
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) 'Head of Hurler' (Sean)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) 'Head of Hurler' (Sean) Bronze on a marble base, 28cm high including base Literature: "The Hunter Gatherer", Irish Museum of Modern Art, fig.140, p.139. Provenance: From the McClelland Collection and on loan to IMMA from 1999 - 2004
Adam's
Jun. 02, 2010
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) Shamrock (Ms. Shamrock
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1973) Shamrock (Ms. Shamrock Trench 1908-1974) Bronze on a green marble base, 38cm high (15") Provenance: Purchased by the art critic Marian Allen, from the Waddington Galleries. Afterwards in the private collection of well known gallery owner Nelson Bell, from whom purchased by present owner.
Adam's
Jul. 21, 2009
Jerome Stanley Connor (1874-1943) "Bronze Study of
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Stanley Connor (1874-1943) "Bronze Study of a boy's head - Sean," on limestone base, signed and inscribed on the base, 15" (38cms), overall. N.B. - This seems to be Sean at an older age as that shown in O'Murchu's Jerome O'Connor Irish American Sculptor at pg. 67 No. 17, also known as "The Head of the Irish Boy". (1)
Mealy's
Dec. 03, 2008
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Siren Bronze on a
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Jerome Connor (1876-1943) The Siren Bronze on a limestone base, 23cm high (9") Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1938 on the base Provenance: Mrs. Spain, Dublin. Later in the private collection of art gallery owner Nelson Bell from whom purchased privately by the current owner.
Adam's
May. 28, 2008
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) The Siren or The Street
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) The Siren or The Street Singer, c1936-39 Bronze on green marble, 17.5cm (6.75") Inclusive of base Base signed CONNOR Provenance: The Kinlen Collection Among the most popular of Connor's bronzes during his years in Ireland, were the busts and heads variously called The Siren, The Dancer and The Street Singer, all selections from the same figure study, a one-third life size female nude seated on shelving rock, her head turned in the act of singing. The original plaster Siren was painted to simulate bronze, probably for display at the Royal Academy, where Connor exhibited until dissuaded from doing so by high British duties on Irish imports after 1932. In the event, neither Siren nor its complement, another painted plaster, the male nude Boxer, was exhibited. With a base derived from that of his 1929 Hubbard memorial, Siren probably dates to 1932-33 or a little later, and may be an individual portrait of a singer or dancer of the sculptor's circle. Connor cast a Siren relief, a first (1938) Siren bust, a more elegant second bust called The Street Singer or The Dancer, and finally a shawled Street Singer head, each edition marking a shift in presentation in response to his Irish clientele. The late bronzes, like the Hugh Lane Gallery's example (reg. no. 1113), datable from its very fluid modelling to c1941, show the head entirely re-imagined as that of an Irish folk singer: tightly shawled, mounted informally on an irregular block of Dublin calp limestone, and titled Street Singer in Gaelic lettering. In contrast, the present head, faithful to the original Siren concept, lacks these later features and may be as early as the mid 1930s. It was cast, from a specific plaster in his North Circular Road studio, at the latest in early 1939. Giollamuire Ó Murchú
Adam's
Apr. 15, 2008
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) Bust of Elbert Hubbard,
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) Bust of Elbert Hubbard, c1929 Bronze on pink marble Base signed JEROME CONNOR Provenance: from the collection of the late Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), author, Arts and Crafts promoter across the United States, and founder of the Roycroft community of artists and craft workers at East Aurora NY, was, after millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, perhaps the best known American victim of the Lusitania sinking in May 1915. Later, his son Elbert Hubbard II, together with William and Gertrude Vanderbilt (Mrs Harry Payne Whitney) for that family, Franklin D Roosevelt and others, decided to honour the victims and their rescuers, and promote world peace, by erecting a Lusitania Peace Memorial in Cobh, county Cork. At the same time, Roycrofters across America proposed a Hubbard memorial for their East Aurora campus. Connor was given both commissions. He and his wife Anne, both Roycrofters, knew the Hubbards well, and when at East Aurora in 1899-1902 Connor had made several portraits of Hubbard and his family. The monument, a heroic bronze, showing Hubbard in bohemian attire seated informally on a rock, was completed in Dublin in 1929, and unveiled in East Aurora in June 1930. Two smaller studies survive, a larger 1930 studio plaster, now in the National Gallery of Ireland (inventory no. 8348, also cast in bronze for the Jerome Connor Trust), and this unique small scale bust. The two differ in some costume detail, but both show the same pose of the head, matching that of the East Aurora statue. Giollamuire Ó Murchú €2000-4000
Adam's
Apr. 15, 2008
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) Bust of Eamon De Valera,
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) Bust of Eamon De Valera, c1920 Bronze on green marble Base inscribed 1920, signed Jerome Connor Provenance: from the collection of the late Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen There are two Connor studies of Eamon de Valera. At the 1937 RHA, he exhibited a life size head and neck study. The National Gallery of Ireland has a modern bronze of this, inventory no. 8053. The second design, a bust, is known only from small scale examples, including the present piece, possibly cast for the Irish market c1937. Both designs date from a portrait sitting during de Valera's 1919-20 American tour in support of Irish independence. De Valera's own recollection was that this was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Irish mission's headquarters. As Connor exhibited The Honorable Eamon de Valera, Portrait Bust at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1921, the sitting was probably late in 1920. While these portraits are a unique record, depicting de Valera at 37, then the undisputed leader of an (as yet unrecognized) Irish Republic, Connor's links with advanced nationalism predate this episode. He had already designed a Robert Emmet statue, a bronze of which was presented in 1917 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, 'President Wilson attending'. Joseph McGarrity of the Emmet committee was in 1919-20 also a close de Valera aide, and in July 1919, soon after his arrival, de Valera travelled to San Francisco to unveil a second Connor Emmet before some 80,000 people. It was probably McGarrity who arranged the later portrait sitting. Giollamuire Ó Murchú €8000-12000
Adam's
Nov. 26, 2007
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) FALLEN SOLDIER - STUDY
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Jerome Connor (1874-1943) FALLEN SOLDIER - STUDY FOR THE BRONX VICTORY MEMORIAL, circa 1924-5 signed 'Jerome Connor fecit' on base bronzev23cm., 9in. high Exhibited: Possibly exhibited in Dublin in January 1926 literature: Irish Independent, 22 January 1926, p. 3; Jerome Connor, retrospective exhibition catalogue, NGI, Dublin, 1993, p. 80, footnote 63 study for a United States war memorial commemorating servicemen from Bedford Park and Norwood who died in World War I. The memorial stands in the Mosholu Parkway on Hull and Marion Avenues, New York.
Whyte's