Lot 62: The Young Dancers

Philip Connard, R.A. (1875-1958) The Young Dancers signed 'CONNARD' (on the stretcher) and further signed and inscribed 'CONNARD CHELSEA' (on the frame) oil on canvas 56 ¼ x 44 ¼ in. (143 x 102.4 cm.)

143 x 102.4 cm.

Venice, Biennale, International Exhibition, 1912, no. 15. Bradford, Cartwright Hall Museum and Art Gallery (on loan).

with Goupil Gallery, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 1996, lot 135, where purchased by the present owner.

This painting shows the artist's daughters Jane and Helen with their cat James. Another painting of 1913, also illustrating Connard's daughters and entitled Jane and Evelyn, James and Helen, also featuring the girls' nurse and black cat, is at Tate Britain. The children appear on the same chaise in The Guitar Player in the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.