The young dancers

Details

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.)

Provenance

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

Exhibited

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

Special notice

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Lot Essay

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

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