1969
Oil on canvas
51 x 75 cm
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries
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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich. '69.
Aka: Robing Bathers on a Rainy Beach [Tooth's]; Robing Figures on a Rainy Beach [Bradford and Southampton]
Verso: Arts Council label from the exhibition 'Detached' 1984 Cat 9; FAS label (no 8787) dated March 1980 with details - purchased from Arthur Tooth and Sons 1970 by Felicity Samuel; exhibited Tooth 1970 (3), Bradford, FAS Glasgow, FAS London, Southampton in Retrospective Exhibition 79-80 (73); Retropective Exhibition label (73); FAS label with Tooths 1970 (2) details; inscribed on stretcher 'Robing Bathers on a Rainy Beach 69
Other measurements: 51 x 75 cm; 51 x 76 cm; 50 x 74 cm [REP]
Bradford Art Gallery Bradford Museums and Galleries Cartwright Hall Art Gallery bathing trunks figures fort hands behind head hats horizon men oil tanker red hair sail sailing boat sitting sou'wester hat souwester hat swimming suits trunks undressed undressing unfurling women woman femaleThe boldness of the design is typical of [Richard’s] later work and focuses on certain key themes which reappear repeatedly in his pictures, such as towels, hats and umbrellas. The alignment of figures dressed for cold weather with others that are unclothed or nearly naked, and the tanker looming over the horizon, all add to the mystery of the image. Yet, despite these seeming distractions, there is something curiously settled about the painting, a quality no doubt established by the rigorous control of design for which Eurich had by now become famous.
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