1952
Oil on board
88 x 92 cm
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
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Recto: Signed lower left: R. Eurich. 1952.
Other measurements: 88 x 92 cm; 89 x 89 cm;
Brighton and Hove Museums and Galleries Pierrot alcohol asian beverage black children clown diva downpipe drain drain pipes dress drink dustbin earing flowers glasses guitar handkerchief hats house interior knife lantern man masks musical instrument necklace night performers pouring railings running sailor suit sailor's uniform self-portrait stab stairs steps stilts torch trash bin trash can tricorn hat turban walking stick window women woman femaleThere are two versions of "The Mummers", this 1952 version in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery and the 1951 version in Nottingham Castle, Museum and Art Gallery.
A childhood memory from RE's early life in Bradford. The Eurich family lived next door to Eileen Beldon, an actress of some note and daughter of Mrs Beldon the suffragette. The whole family depicted here was keen on amateur theatricals and dressing up on any occasion. The small boy (upper left) is RE himself. 'It was amusing to think that in this sedate part of Bradford, in a private road of great respectability a house existed in which surrealism or the Marx brothers reigned supreme . . . '
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