La Fête des Saintes Maries de la Mer (1948)
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La Fête des Saintes Maries de la Mer

1948

Oil on canvas
63.5 x 101 cm

Unknown collection (see timeline)


Strange Pictures RA Summer Exhibitions Historical and Biblical References Night | Dusk Animals | Birds Narrative Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities Figures on a Beach Works | 1940 to 1949

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1948

Aka: La Fete des Saintes Marie de la Mer [Fine Art Society]; La Fete des Saintes Marie [Redfern; and RA]; Fete des Saintes Marie de la Mer [Southampton], and Les Fetes des Saintes [Sotheby’s]

Carmargue France Saintes Marie de la Mer Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer Gitan Pilgrimage animals balloons beached boats bigtop boats ships carrying cartwheel carvavan chidlren churches circus crowd festival figures fishermen fishing flags flowers group gypsy festival horses lances men paddling priest sea tent tents traditions festivities gatherings wading women woman female

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949

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

Cat 22

EXHIBITED | 30th Apr to 7th Aug 1949

"Summer Exhibition 1949" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 702

ACQUIRED | 1949

bought by A Whitworth from the RA for £150

AUCTIONED | 12th Oct 1988

"[title unknown]" - Sotheby's, London

lot 214, illustrated

EXHIBITED | 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991

"Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War" - The Fine Art Society, London

Cat 3

IN COLLECTION | 1994

private collection, USA

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 42, illustrated

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1949 - bought by A Whitworth from the RA for £150
  • AUCTIONED - 12th Oct 1988 - "[title unknown]", Sotheby's, London
    lot 214, illustrated
  • IN COLLECTION - 1994 - private collection, USA

Exhibitions:

  • 8th Mar to 2nd Apr 1949 - "Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 22
  • 30th Apr to 7th Aug 1949 - "Summer Exhibition 1949", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 702
  • 14th Oct to 8th Nov 1991 - "Richard Eurich: Paintings Since the War", The Fine Art Society, London
    Cat 3
  • 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 42, illustrated

Notes:

  • None recorded.

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References:

  • “Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994) (Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood.) [Figure 42]
  • "An eye for detail" (by Frances Spalding, pub. The Independent Magazine, 26 March 1994) [pp28-29]