Rabbits

One of the drawings in Richard''s first solo show, at the Goupil Gallery in London in 1929. Catalogue no.4. We are wondering if the drawing Rabbiting by the River (1929)  could be attributed to this title.

According to RE's sales diary, a private collector, Edward Craven, bought a work titled 'Rabbits' and another titled The Cat and Mouse together early in 1930. Both had been in the Goupil show but Richard does not use his usual phrase 'from Goupil' to indicate the sale was made through the gallery. In 2001 'The Cat and the Mouse' came up for auction …

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One of the drawings in Richard''s first solo show, at the Goupil Gallery in London in 1929. Catalogue no.4. We are wondering if the drawing Rabbiting by the River (1929)  could be attributed to this title.

According to RE's sales diary, a private collector, Edward Craven, bought a work titled 'Rabbits' and another titled The Cat and Mouse together early in 1930. Both had been in the Goupil show but Richard does not use his usual phrase 'from Goupil' to indicate the sale was made through the gallery. In 2001 'The Cat and the Mouse' came up for auction along with a work titled Rabbiting by the River.  This seems to point to 'Rabbits' and 'Rabbiting by the River' perhaps being the same work.