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The McClelland Collection
74
Jerome Connor (1874-1943)
SEAN
bronze on green marble base
signed at base; titled on label beneath base
7½ x 4in. (19.05 x 10.16cm)
Provenance:
Collection of George and Maura McClelland
Literature
The Hunter Gatherer - The Collection of George and Maura McClelland, The Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, 2004, p.139 (illustrated)
Dimensions of base: 5 by 3.5 by 3.5ins.
Height inclusive of base: 12.5in.
“One of the most powerful sculptures [in the McClelland Collection] is a small bronze portrait by the
Kerry born artist Jerome Connor. The piece, Sean, is a portrait of one of the sculptor’s favourite models
when he worked in America, and has all the hallmarks of Connor’s practice: an alert pose and the
deliberate asymmetry that makes the likeness convincing. Connor’s work [had] an added appeal for
the McClellands as his homeplace, Annascaul, on the Dingle peninsula in Co. Kerry, is close to Maura
McClelland’s family home.” (2)
(2) Ibid., p.124
€1000-€1500 (£850-£1280 approx.)
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