Huntingdon Through History (1960)
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Huntingdon Through History

1960

This painting was one of six commissioned from Richard by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. to use as illustrations in their guides and calendars. The painting here was never published. Instead, another version was commissioned without the death mask and it was that one used in the 1962 calendar for March. See the calendar below and the painting in the catalogue, "Huntingdonshire" (1960). The "Huntingdon Through History" version stayed with the estate for a while, was eventually sold privately and later resold at two auctions, firstly at Bonhams in 2005 where it was titled "Huntingdon Through History", and next at Sotheby's …

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This painting was one of six commissioned from Richard by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. to use as illustrations in their guides and calendars. The painting here was never published. Instead, another version was commissioned without the death mask and it was that one used in the 1962 calendar for March. See the calendar below and the painting in the catalogue, "Huntingdonshire" (1960). The "Huntingdon Through History" version stayed with the estate for a while, was eventually sold privately and later resold at two auctions, firstly at Bonhams in 2005 where it was titled "Huntingdon Through History", and next at Sotheby's in 2006 where it was given the title "Huntingdonshire". There is some chance of confusion here because the second version was also titled Huntingdonshire. What happened to the second version is unknown. Several of the RE paintings in the Shell collection were auctioned at Sotheby's in 2002, but "Huntingdonshire" was not among them.

Provenance

COMMISSIONED | 1961

by Shell for £150

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

artist's estate

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 60

ACQUIRED | [unknown date]

bought by private buyer from the artists estate

AUCTIONED | 15th Sep 2005

"[title unknown]", Bonhams, The Athenaeum, Bury St. Edmunds

Lot 344; sold for £ 2,115 inc. premium

AUCTIONED | 25th May 2006

"20th Century British and Irish Art" - Sotheby’s, Olympia, London

lot 119; illustrated

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Provenance:

  • COMMISSIONED - 1961 - by Shell for £150
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - artist's estate
  • ACQUIRED - [unknown date] - bought by private buyer from the artists estate
  • AUCTIONED - 15th Sep 2005 - "[title unknown]", Bonhams, The Athenaeum, Bury St. Edmunds
    Lot 344; sold for £ 2,115 inc. premium
  • AUCTIONED - 25th May 2006 - "20th Century British and Irish Art", Sotheby’s, Olympia, London
    lot 119; illustrated

Exhibitions:

  • 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 60

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Related  

A second version of the painting, without the death mask, was used on the 1962 Shell calendar as the illustration for March.

A second version of the painting, without the death mask, was used on the 1962 Shell calendar as the illustration for March.
Image © Shell

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