James Joyce making Molly out of Nora

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John Jones, (20th CENTURY)
James Joyce making Molly out of Nora
signed 'JONES' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.7 x 76.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

James Joyce and Nora Barnacle went out together for the first time on 16 June 1904 - the date that Joyce later chose to be immortalised in Ulysses. Nora eventually married Joyce and is the acknowledged inspiration for Joyce's character of Molly Bloom.

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