Nude Boy in a Bedroom - Richard Eurich (1903-1992)

Pencil tinted with watercolour on paper
36.7 x 26.4 cm

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Hampshire

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1928.

Aka: Nude Boy in a Bedroom [Southampton]; Nude Boy in Bedroom; Bedroom Interior [Bradford]; The Bedroom [RE sales diary]

Other measurements: 36.7 x 26.4 cm [REP], 27.5 x 37 cm

Southampton City Art Gallery bed chair collection curtain curtains drawings figure flowers furniture mirror nude nude figure public public collection table vase view through a window window

". . . ‘Bedroom Interior’ about which he wrote to Eurich ‘ it is very delightful and has the added charm of colour. I snatched it away from an old gentleman who asked for it a minute after I had told Howell I would have it ! I only hope he will have bought another instead.’" Edward Marsh

catalogue to the exhibition 'An Honest Patron', 1976

Provenance:

ACQUIRED - 1928 - bought by Edward Marsh from the St George's Gallery; RE received 7 guineas [RE sales diary entry 4]
BEQUEATHED - 1953 - by Edward Marsh to the Contemporary Art Society
GIFTED - 1954 - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Hampshire
presented by the Contemporary Art Society, Sir Edward Marsh Bequest; accession number 1459

Exhibitions:

1928 - "[exhibition title unknown]", St George’s Gallery, 32a George Street, Hanover Square, London
5th May to 5th Jun 1976 - "An Honest Patron - A Tribute to Sir Edward Marsh 1872 - 1953", Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
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 5, illustrated
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 4
2003 - "[exhibition title unknown]", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
on display from the gallery's collection to mark Richard's centenary

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 11, pg 28]
RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition [catalogue to the exhibition of the same name done in association with The Fine Art Society] (by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979) [p17]