The Great Tanker (1968)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

The Great Tanker

1968

Oil on canvas
76.5 x 102 cm

Howe Robinson Partners, UK


Works | 1960 to 1969 Strange Pictures Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports Seascapes | Coastal Scenes All Works in Corporate Collections Figures on a Beach Nude Figures Towels | Shrouds | Figures Bending Over Umbrellas | Hats All Works in RA Summer Exhibitions 1937 to 1993 Lepe Beach and The Solent The Art of Richard Eurich Families

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Recto: Signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich. 1968

Verso: Inscribed " THE GREAT TANKER 1968 RICHARD EURICH", signed on stretcher "R. Eurich", Arthur Tooth label

Other measurements: 76.5 x 102 cm [artist’s estate]; 76.8 x 101 cm

England Hampshire Lepe Beach The Solent The South boat boats ships breeze corporate collection dressing family figure bending over figure with a towel figures on a beach figures on the shore freighter nude figure picnic rough sail sailing sailing yacht sea seascape ship shore sunbather sunbathing tankers tugs tug boat umbrellas water waves windy

The horizon bisects the picture. The lower half is busy with narrative and a lively textured sea. The comparative emptiness of the upper half allows the tanker to rise majestically against a calm blue sky. There are several pictures within the picture. Groups of people disport themselves and Richard has included some of his favourite motifs like the bending figure, an umbrella and a towel.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 1969

"Summer Exhibition 1969" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 573

EXHIBITED | 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970

"Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings" - Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Cat 4, illustrated on cover; priced at £475; "repainted" according to a note found in RE archive

ACQUIRED | November 1970

by Lady Hooper of Tenterden from Tooth's

AUCTIONED | 27th Mar 1977

auctioned by Christie’s, London, lot 124, illustrated

AUCTIONED | 10th Nov 1988

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

lot 115, illustrated; sold for £4500

IN COLLECTION | 2016

Howe Robinson Partners, UK

EXHIBITED | 1st Mar to 30th Apr 2022

"Not Just Hockney: Past and Present [Digital exhibition]" - Bradford Big Screen, City Park, Bradford

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - November 1970 - by Lady Hooper of Tenterden from Tooth's
  • AUCTIONED - 27th Mar 1977 - auctioned by Christie’s, London, lot 124, illustrated
  • AUCTIONED - 10th Nov 1988 - "British and Irish Traditionalist Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture", Christie's, London
    lot 115, illustrated; sold for £4500
  • IN COLLECTION - 2016 - Howe Robinson Partners, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 1969 - "Summer Exhibition 1969", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 573
  • 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970 - "Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings", Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
    Cat 4, illustrated on cover; priced at £475; "repainted" according to a note found in RE archive
  • 1st Mar to 30th Apr 2022 - "Not Just Hockney: Past and Present [Digital exhibition]", Bradford Big Screen, City Park, Bradford

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Details  

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Detail 1
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Detail 3
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Detail 4

Detail 4
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Detail 6

Detail 6
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Detail 7

Detail 7
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Detail 8

Detail 8
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Detail 2

Detail 2
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Detail 5

Detail 5
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Related  

Tanker in the Solent (1969)

Image © Dreweatts 1759

 

Giant Tanker (1968)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Dark Solent with Tankers (1980)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Tanker in the Solent (1968)

Image © unknown

 

Tanker off Cowes (1975)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Tanker on Fire (1963-65)

Image © The Collector

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References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [frontispiece; fig 96, pg118]
  • Bridgeman Images [Art and media image library] [view image]