Figure and Planes (1974)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Figure and Planes

1974

Oil on board
37 x 49.5 cm

Private Collection, UK


Works | 1970 to 1979 Figures on a Beach Strange Pictures Nude Figures Seascapes | Coastal Scenes Towels | Shrouds | Figures Bending Over The Art of Richard Eurich

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. Eurich ’74 (date obscured)

Other measurements: 37 x 49.5 cm [REP]; 38.1 x 50.8 cm

aeroplanes airplanes shingle towels waves

The vulnerability of this figure seems emphasised by her paleness… almost paler than the white clouds. But she also has a massiveness in the picture, extending upwards through layers of sea and sky. Her attention is caught by the passing planes,  close together in the distance. There is something rather disquieting about them, possibly military craft in that sort of formation? With this thought she is made yet more vulnerable.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 26th Apr to 20th May 1977

"Richard Eurich RA" - The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)

Cat 46; dated 1977

ACQUIRED | 1980

purchased by private collector from The Fine Art Society for £433

EXHIBITED | 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 73, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1980 - purchased by private collector from The Fine Art Society for £433
  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 26th Apr to 20th May 1977 - "Richard Eurich RA", The Fine Art Society, London    (toured to Fine Art Society, Edinburgh, 28 May-21 June 1977)
    Cat 46; dated 1977
  • 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 73, illustrated

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

Nude Couple on Beach (1986)

Image © Freeman's Hindman Auctions

 

Two Nudes on Beach (1970)

Image © The Collector

 

Mother and Daughter (1979)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Three Figures (1984)

Image © Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms

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References:

  • “Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994) (Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood.) [Figure 73]
  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 109, pg 130]
  • A Tradition of His Own (by Jonathan Meades, pub. Modern Painters, 1994) [p. 45]
  • The Sea, the sea (review by Jonathan Meades of the Edge of All the Land exhibition (1994) republished in a book of his selected writings - Pedro and Ricky Come Again, pub. Unbound: 18 March 2021, ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1783529504; ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1783529506)