Photo: Paul Carter

Angry Clown

1947

Oil on panel
27 x 21.5 cm

Private Collection, UK

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Recto: Signed and dated upper left: R. Eurich. '47

Verso: New English Art Club label from 1951 and a Fine Art Society label from 4th September 1995

Other measurements: 27 x 21.5 cm [artist’s estate]; 25 x 20 cm [Fine Art Society]

clown costume figure harlequin hat male man pattern portrait seated

At the Retrospective Show of R.E.'s work at the Cartwright Hall Bradford, the writer J.B. Priestley opened the proceedings. R.E. wrote in his diary:

"JB said it was the most impressive one man show he had seen for years. At the end I presented him with a pipe... He purchased the little Angry Clown saying 'That's what we all are.' "

R.E. Diary

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949

"Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 9

EXHIBITED | 12th to 30th May 1950

"New English Art Club 103rd Exhibition (Spring)" - Royal Institute Galleries, 195 Piccadilly, London

Cat 14

EXHIBITED | 1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951

"RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A." - City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford

Cat 13

ACQUIRED | 1951

purchased by JB Priestley for £42 from the Bradford Festival of Britain exhibition

AUCTIONED | 19th Jul 1989

"Modern British and European Art", Sotheby's, London

lot 338, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War" - The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 2

IN COLLECTION | 2016

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

ACQUIRED - 1951 - purchased by JB Priestley for £42 from the Bradford Festival of Britain exhibition
AUCTIONED - 19th Jul 1989 - "Modern British and European Art", Sotheby's, London
lot 338, illustrated
IN COLLECTION - 2016 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949 - "Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards", Redfern Gallery, London
Cat 9
12th to 30th May 1950 - "New English Art Club 103rd Exhibition (Spring)", Royal Institute Galleries, 195 Piccadilly, London
Cat 14
1st Jun to 26th Aug 1951 - "RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS by RICHARD EURICH, A.R.A.", City of Bradford Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Cat 13
14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991 - "Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War", The Fine Art Society, London
Cat 2

Notes:

None recorded.

Clowns by the Sea (c1929)

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References:

Art Review Annual, 1948 [colour illustration]