The Quay, Low Tide (1951)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Quay, Low Tide

1951

Oil on canvas
15.5 x 20.5 cm

Private Collection, UK


Works | 1950 to 1959 Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Ladders The Art of Richard Eurich

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1951

Aka: The Quay, Low Tide [labels verso, Redfern 1952 and 1956]; Quayside at Low Tide [RE sales diary]; Quayside, Low Tide [label verso]; Southampton Water [stretcher verso]

Verso: Inscribed in RE’s hand on stretcher "SOUTHAMPTON WATER. Richard Eurich" and also "varnished with Lustry Petroleum Varnish”; Redfern Gallery label dated June 4th.1952. showing title as "The Quay, Low-tide" and purchaser as Miss Pugh; second Redfern Gallery label dated 11th August, 1956 with the title "The Quay, Low Tid

Other measurements: 15.5 x 20.5 cm [REP]; 15.24 x 20.32 cm

Hampshire Southampton architecture bait diggers beached bucket building cranes dinghy docks funnel harbour ladders propeller reflection sheds ships spade steam topographical view two master warehouses workers

This work has been known as Southampton Water, but should not be confused with Southampton Water (1979),  Southampton Water (1951) or Southampton Water (1973).

REP / PC

Richard included bait diggers as a main subject or tiny in the foreground or background in dozens of works.

Provenance

ACQUIRED | 4th Jun 1952

purchased by Miss Pugh from the Redfern Gallery for £26-5-0 (probably at the private view?)

EXHIBITED | 5th to 28th Jun 1952

"Richard Eurich - Paintings on Small Panels" - Redfern Gallery, London

Cat 126

WITH | 1956

The Redfern Gallery

ACQUIRED | 11th Aug 1956

purchased by Guy Holford Dixon, Esq. from the Redfern Gallery

AUCTIONED | 14th Sep 2005

"20th Century British and Irish Art" - Sotheby's, Olympia, London

lot 86, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 4th Jun 1952 - purchased by Miss Pugh from the Redfern Gallery for £26-5-0 (probably at the private view?)
  • ACQUIRED - 11th Aug 1956 - purchased by Guy Holford Dixon, Esq. from the Redfern Gallery
  • AUCTIONED - 14th Sep 2005 - "20th Century British and Irish Art", Sotheby's, Olympia, London
    lot 86, illustrated
  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 5th to 28th Jun 1952 - "Richard Eurich - Paintings on Small Panels", Redfern Gallery, London
    Cat 126

Notes:

  • 1956 - WITH
    The Redfern Gallery

Location  

Dry Dock, Southampton (1935)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

Related  

Another bait digger in this docks view too.

Southampton Docks (c1963)
Another bait digger in this docks view too.
Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 59, pg 80]