Mother and Children, Day at the Beach (1926)
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Mother and Children, Day at the Beach

1926

Oil on board
45.7 x 25.4 cm

Whereabouts unknown

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R. EURICH. 1926.

Aka: Mother and Children, Day at the Beach [Christie's]; Woman with Children in pram [RE sales diary]; Woman & children with pram [RE sales diary]

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This work won Richard a prize at the Slade in 1926, and was then, according to his sales diary, bought in 1927 by "one of the Wertheimer family for £8". It is the first sale listed in the diary.

Asher Wertheimer, a London art dealer who died in 1918, was a patron and friend of John Singer Sargent, who painted many portraits of the Wertheimer family. Richard added a note to his diary identifying the buyer as "Mrs Mathias", ie. Helena Mathias, one of Asher and Flora Wertheimer's daughters. Helena, we learned from her grandson, passed it on within the …

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This work won Richard a prize at the Slade in 1926, and was then, according to his sales diary, bought in 1927 by "one of the Wertheimer family for £8". It is the first sale listed in the diary.

Asher Wertheimer, a London art dealer who died in 1918, was a patron and friend of John Singer Sargent, who painted many portraits of the Wertheimer family. Richard added a note to his diary identifying the buyer as "Mrs Mathias", ie. Helena Mathias, one of Asher and Flora Wertheimer's daughters. Helena, we learned from her grandson, passed it on within the family before it was eventually sold on.

Provenance

NOTE | 1926

won prize at the Slade

EXHIBITED | August 1926

"Society of Yorkshire Artists" - Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford

EXHIBITED | 4th to 25th Jun 1927

"The London Group - 25th exhibition" - RWS Gallery, 5a Pall Mall East, London

Cat 133, priced at 18 guineas

ACQUIRED | 1927

sold for £8 to Mrs Helena Mathias, daughter of the London art dealer Asher Wertheimer.

BY DESCENT | [unknown date]

passed down the family

AUCTIONED | 30th Jun 2005

"20th Century British Art" - Christie’s, South Kensington, London

lot 222, illustrated; price realised £7200

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1927 - sold for £8 to Mrs Helena Mathias, daughter of the London art dealer Asher Wertheimer.
  • BY DESCENT - [unknown date] - passed down the family
  • AUCTIONED - 30th Jun 2005 - "20th Century British Art", Christie’s, South Kensington, London
    lot 222, illustrated; price realised £7200

Exhibitions:

  • August 1926 - "Society of Yorkshire Artists", Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford
  • 4th to 25th Jun 1927 - "The London Group - 25th exhibition", RWS Gallery, 5a Pall Mall East, London
    Cat 133, priced at 18 guineas

Notes:

  • 1926 - NOTE
    won prize at the Slade

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