Studio Window (1963)
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Studio Window

1963

This panoramic view from the interior of RE’s studio includes many familiar things from my childhood. The fish in his tank on the windowsill survived for many years. We experimented with giving him a companion but he ate it! The Epstein Head of Enver usually stood on the mantelpiece in the sitting room. The tureen later sat on a sort of trolley in the hall where it was accidentally smashed and painstakingly repaired by Richard. The clavichord's evocative sensitive sound fascinated me and the way the colours of its keys was the reverse of most keyboards. The tiny self portrait …

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This panoramic view from the interior of RE’s studio includes many familiar things from my childhood. The fish in his tank on the windowsill survived for many years. We experimented with giving him a companion but he ate it! The Epstein Head of Enver usually stood on the mantelpiece in the sitting room. The tureen later sat on a sort of trolley in the hall where it was accidentally smashed and painstakingly repaired by Richard. The clavichord's evocative sensitive sound fascinated me and the way the colours of its keys was the reverse of most keyboards. The tiny self portrait in the little mirror shows Richard when he briefly wore heavy rims on his spectacles which did not suit him at all!

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 2nd May to 16th Aug 1964

"Summer Exhibition 1964" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 238

ACQUIRED | 1964

purchased by F Kobler from the RA for £500

AUCTIONED | 20th Jul 1988

"[title unknown]", Sotheby’s, London

lot 337, illustrated

EXHIBITED | Jun to July 1991

"Royal Academicians in Romford", Romford Central Library, Romford

Cat 8

WITH | June 1994

The Fine Art Society

AUCTIONED | 23rd Jun 1994

"Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture" - Christie's, London

lot 152, illustrated; price realised £4830

AUCTIONED | 12th Dec 2007

"Turin London Corfu - The Collection of Giorgio Marsan and Umberta Nasi" - Christie's, London

lot 118, illustrated; price realised £53,300

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1964 - purchased by F Kobler from the RA for £500
  • AUCTIONED - 20th Jul 1988 - "[title unknown]", Sotheby’s, London
    lot 337, illustrated
  • AUCTIONED - 23rd Jun 1994 - "Modern British and Irish Paintings, Watercolours and Sculpture", Christie's, London
    lot 152, illustrated; price realised £4830
  • AUCTIONED - 12th Dec 2007 - "Turin London Corfu - The Collection of Giorgio Marsan and Umberta Nasi", Christie's, London
    lot 118, illustrated; price realised £53,300

Exhibitions:

  • 2nd May to 16th Aug 1964 - "Summer Exhibition 1964", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 238
  • Jun to July 1991 - "Royal Academicians in Romford", Romford Central Library, Romford
    Cat 8

Notes:

  • June 1994 - WITH
    The Fine Art Society

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 88, pg 111]
  • Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view image]
  • RA Illustrated [1964]
  • Un été à l'Islette [novel] (by Géraldine Jeffroy, pub. ARLEA, 2019) [Cover illustration by Richard Eurich]