Harvest Dedication (1947)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Bradford District Museums and Galleries /REP

Harvest Dedication

1947

Oil on canvas
115 x 75 cm

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries


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Recto: Signed lower right: R. Eurich. 1947.

Aka: Harvest Dedication [RA, Bradford]; Harvest Festival [RE diary and Carnegie]

Verso: Bradford Art Galleries and Museums label from Richard Eurich Retrospective with title Harvest Dedication, and catalogue number 37; Carnegie Institute labels with title as Harvest Festival; Cartwright Memorial Hall label from 1951 Bradford Artists Exhibition; inscription in chalk on frame ' R Eurich, Harvest Festival, Pittsburgh.

Other measurements: 115 x 75 cm [REP]; 117.2 x 76.2 cm [Bradford]; 117 x 76 cm [Southampton]

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25th November 1947: Went to Fawley Church to make drawings and get ideas for subject of Harvest Festival originally seen in Cornwall during the war. (Harvest Dedication) 8th February 1948: Decided that one of the things which has made the Harvest Festival not right in scale is that about 4” must come off the bottom, there being far too much floor. So started extreme alterations.

RE diaries

Homage to Christopher Wood's "Woman at Prayer".

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 1st May to 8th Aug 1948

"Summer Exhibition 1948" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 251

EXHIBITED | 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949

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

Cat 2

EXHIBITED | 19th Oct to 21st Dec 1950

"International Exhibition of Paintings" - Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA

Cat 183; shown as 'Harvest Festival'

ACQUIRED | 1951

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries

purchased by Bradford Museums and Galleries from the artist for £175

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 53

EXHIBITED | 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" - Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)

Cat 37; shown as Harvest Dedication

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 40

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1951 - Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries
    purchased by Bradford Museums and Galleries from the artist for £175

Exhibitions:

  • 1st May to 8th Aug 1948 - "Summer Exhibition 1948", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 251
  • 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949 - "Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 2
  • 19th Oct to 21st Dec 1950 - "International Exhibition of Paintings", Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
    Cat 183; shown as 'Harvest Festival'
  • 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 53
  • 25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford    (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
    Cat 37; shown as Harvest Dedication
  • 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 40

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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'Harvest Dedication' on display at the 1950 Pittsburgh 'International Exhibition of Paintings'. Painting far left is by Laura Knight. The next one along is by Robert MacBryde. The work on the right is by John Piper.

'Harvest Dedication' on display at the 1950 Pittsburgh 'International Exhibition of Paintings'. Painting far left is by Laura Knight. The next one along is by Robert MacBryde. The work on the right is by John Piper.
Image © Carnegie Institute

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