Bait Diggers, Solent (1978)
Photo: courtesy of Woolley and Wallis      
© Woolley and Wallis

Bait Diggers, Solent

1978

Watercolour heightened with white laid on board
23.1 x 37.9 cm

Whereabouts unknown


Works | 1970 to 1979 Seascapes | Coastal Scenes Lepe Beach and The Solent Figures on a Beach

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R.Eurich 78

Verso: Inscribed ‘Bait Diggers, Solent’, Richard Eurich'; Ash Barn Gallery label with title ‘Bait Diggers’.

Hampshire Lepe Beach The Solent The South UK marker bait diggers boats diggers figures on a beach sailing

Bait diggers figure in dozens of Richard's paintings and drawings, sometimes as incidental details and sometimes as the key subject.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 15th Oct to 23rd Dec 1978

"Michaelmas Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture" - Ash Barn Gallery, Stroud nr Petersfield, Hampshire

Cat 21; priced at £138.60

ACQUIRED | December 1978

bought by private collector from Werner Haub/Ash Barn Gallery

AUCTIONED | 4th Jun 2025

"Modern British & 20th Century Art" - Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury

Lot 530; sold for £2,268

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - December 1978 - bought by private collector from Werner Haub/Ash Barn Gallery
  • AUCTIONED - 4th Jun 2025 - "Modern British & 20th Century Art", Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury
    Lot 530; sold for £2,268

Exhibitions:

  • 15th Oct to 23rd Dec 1978 - "Michaelmas Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture", Ash Barn Gallery, Stroud nr Petersfield, Hampshire
    Cat 21; priced at £138.60

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

Another watercolour of nearly the same scene painted with a similar palette in the same year.

Solent (1978)
Another watercolour of nearly the same scene painted with a similar palette in the same year.
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Reworking the scene in oils a year later...

Bait Diggers (1979)
Reworking the scene in oils a year later...
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

… and again.

Small White Beach with Bait Diggers (1981)
… and again.
Image © The Collector

 

No bait diggers here but essentially the same location with very different brushwork and palette.

Cowes Week (1980)
No bait diggers here but essentially the same location with very different brushwork and palette.
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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