At the Quay

Oil on panel
63.5 x 76.2 cm

Whereabouts unknown

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. EURICH 1936

Aka: At the Quay [Redfern]; Ice Cream Cart [RE sales diary]

England The South West St Andrew St George balcony berthed boats ships cannon church bell church tower churches clouds in blue sky dinghy figures flags furled sails gun harbour hill horse and cart ice cream cart life buoy man old walls quay rigging rowing rowing boat signal flags steeple steps street two master

Richard had a collection of old postcards. He referred to the one shown in the related bar below for this painting, basically ‘copying’ it! The name of the ship is on the back of the card - Isabella. You would expect that the paintng is set in a Dorset/Devon port, but Isabella never left Australia.

The 'Isabella' in an unidentified port • Photograph • State Library of South Australia

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/31/37

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Provenance:

ACQUIRED - 1936 - bought by private collector from the Redfern Gallery for £42
AUCTIONED - 20th Oct 1992 - "[title unknown]", Sotheby’s, Billingshurst
lot 1301, illustrated; this sale to be confirmed
IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - Will Richeson collection (USA)
IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - Keith Lichtenstein (UK)
AUCTIONED - 16th Jul 2025 - "Modern British and Irish Art", Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
Lot 89; sold for £34,560 inc. premium

Exhibitions:

8th to 31st Oct 1936 - "Recent Paintings by Richard Eurich", Redfern Gallery, London
Cat 16; priced at 40 guineas
28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994 - "The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)
Cat 22; courtesy of The Fine Art Society; from private collection (USA)