The Model (1971)
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The Model

1971

Oil on canvas laid on board
21.6 x 19.7 cm

Private Collection, UK


Interiors Works | 1970 to 1979 RA Summer Exhibitions Nude Figures

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Recto: Signed lower right: R. Eurich.

Verso: Inscribed THE MODEL, RICHARD EURICH; Arthur Tooth label with title The Model by Richard Eurich.

Camberwell England London The South brown hair cushion electric bar fire electricity wires lead long hair naked figure nude figure nudes rug sitting stool table without clothes

This painting incorporates elements from the sketches below done six years earlier. Although the body position is similar to the sketches, the figure seems to be a different model, perhaps copied from an unknown sketch or imagined. Her head and hair are particularly different.

Provenance

NOTE | [unknown date]

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

EXHIBITED | 1st May to 25th Jul 1971

"Summer Exhibition 1971" - Royal Academy of Arts, London

Cat 681

ACQUIRED | 1971

bought by private collector from the RA for £100

AUCTIONED | 14th Dec 2012

"Modern British and Irish Art" - Christie’s, South Kensington, London

lot 349, illustrated; price realised £1,000

ACQUIRED | December 2012

bought by private collector from Christie's auction

WITH | [unknown date]

Abbot and Holder

ACQUIRED | [unknown date]

Private Collection, UK

bought from Abbot and Holder by private collector

AUCTIONED | 12th Sep 2025

"Twentieth Century Art & Design" - Lacy Scott & Knight, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Lot 298; unsold

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Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1971 - bought by private collector from the RA for £100
  • AUCTIONED - 14th Dec 2012 - "Modern British and Irish Art", Christie’s, South Kensington, London
    lot 349, illustrated; price realised £1,000
  • ACQUIRED - December 2012 - bought by private collector from Christie's auction
  • ACQUIRED - [unknown date] - Private Collection, UK
    bought from Abbot and Holder by private collector
  • AUCTIONED - 12th Sep 2025 - "Twentieth Century Art & Design", Lacy Scott & Knight, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
    Lot 298; unsold

Exhibitions:

  • 1st May to 25th Jul 1971 - "Summer Exhibition 1971", Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Cat 681

Notes:

  • [unknown date] - NOTE
    with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
  • [unknown date] - WITH
    Abbot and Holder

Sketches  

Sketch_17-108 Camberwell figure study in studio (1st Jun 1965)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sketch_17-107 Camberwell figure study (1st Jun 1965)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

 

Sketch_17-104 Camberwell figure study and studio (3rd Jun 1965)

Image © Richard Eurich Paintings

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