The Great Viol - Richard Eurich (1903-1992)

Pencil on paper
31.9 x 25.9 cm

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Recto: Signed and dated lower left: R.Eurich.1927.

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One of the drawings in RE's first solo show, at the Goupil Gallery in London in 1929. Catalogue no. 29. The Goupil link below takes you to more information about the show and gives a full list of titles from the catalogue.

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This work was shown at the New English Art Club spring show in 1929, a few months before the solo exhibition at the Goupil Gallery in December. The NEAC catalogue lists two Eurich's, "The Great Viol" and "Clowns". We can probably safely assume that "The Great Viol" is the same one as in the Goupil catalogue, but "Clowns" could refer to either "Clowns at Practice (aka In the Circus)" or "Clowns by the Sea", both in the Goupil show, or to neither of them.

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I planned the drawing in space and contrived as complete a realization over every square inch as I was capable of. The subject was a figure rather resembling myself, sitting in a room holding a viol da gamba. See memoir . . .

As the Twig is Bent (Chapter 27)

The Contemporary Art Society's website lists the presentation date to the The Whitworth as 1935. The Whitworth's accession number seems to indicate that it might have been 1937.

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Provenance:

ACQUIRED - December 1929 - bought by Sir Edward Marsh from the Goupil Gallery
GIFTED - 1929 - Presented by Sir Edward Marsh to the Contemporary Art Society
GIFTED - 1935 - The Whitworth, University of Manchester
presented by the Contemporary Art Society, Sir Edward Marsh Bequest; accession number D.1937.1

Exhibitions:

1929 - "New English Art Club 79th Exhibition (Spring)", [venue unknown], London
Cat 235
December 1929 - "Richard Eurich", Goupil Gallery, London
Cat 29; priced at 7 Guineas
5th May to 5th Jun 1976 - "An Honest Patron - A Tribute to Sir Edward Marsh 1872 - 1953", Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
25th Nov 1979 to 20th Jan 1980 - "Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition", Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford District Museums and Galleries, Bradford (toured Glasgow, London, Southampton)
Cat 3
28th Jan to 13th Mar 1994 - "The Edge of all the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (toured to Manchester, Bradford, Ipswich)
Cat 3

Notes:

None recorded.

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References:

"An eye for detail" (by Frances Spalding, pub. The Independent Magazine, 26 March 1994) [p 26]
The Whitworth website [object details]