Photo: The Hepworth Wakefield

Mischief Night

1975

Oil on canvas
78.8 x 122 cm

The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R Eurich ’75

England The North Guy Fawkes night Hepworth Wakefield Gallery animals architecture awning balcony band bonfire bonfires catherine wheel children chimneys church spire crowd dancing drums dusk dustbin evening factories factory figures fire fireworks flare groups guy hand cart hats hills hobby horse horse houses ladder masks men mills musical instrument pantomime horse policeman post box postbox religious river road shirtless skeleton spectators stone celtic cross street lamp terraced houses viaduct

Mischief Night, where havoc and mischief are created by children the day before Guy Fawkes, is a particularly Yorkshire custom. 'This location is imaginery, but when out for a walk with a friend in Huddersfield, I suddenly stopped because in front of us was the scene of buildings etc which was nearly complete on my easel at home.'

from correspondence with Caroline Krzesinska, "Richard Eurich RA - A Retrospective Exhibition" catalogue 1979-80; entry 93.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 8th May to 1st Aug 1976

"Summer Exhibition 1976" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 345

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 56

EXHIBITED | 24th Sep to 20th Nov 1977

"British Painting 1952-1977", Royal Academy of Arts, London

EXHIBITED | 22nd Jan to 25th Feb 1978

"Richard Eurich RA" - Cootes Gallery, Lewes

ACQUIRED | 1978

The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum / Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund; accession no. A1.932

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 93

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 71, illustrated

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Provenance:

ACQUIRED - 1978 - The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum / Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund; accession no. A1.932

Exhibitions:

8th May to 1st Aug 1976 - "Summer Exhibition 1976", Royal Academy of Arts, London
Cat 345
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 56
24th Sep to 20th Nov 1977 - "British Painting 1952-1977", Royal Academy of Arts, London
22nd Jan to 25th Feb 1978 - "Richard Eurich RA", Cootes Gallery, Lewes
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 93
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 71, illustrated

Notes:

None recorded.

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References:

The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 112, pg 133]
Art UK [artuk.org]
“Edge of All the Land” Southampton (1994) (Southampton City Art Gallery / Nicholas Usherwood.) [Figure 71]
Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view imagek]
Artstor Slide Library (Pub. ITHAKA) [image reference]
Art UK Curations 3 [Themed groups of works selected from the Art UK online catalogue by art professionals and members of the public.] [20th Century spotlight: The Hepworth Wakefield | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]