Twelfth Night (1948)
Photo: Paul Carter      
© Richard Eurich Paintings

Twelfth Night

1948

Oil on board with arched top
30 x 30 cm

Private Collection, UK


Works | 1940 to 1949 Umbrellas | Hats All Works in Pictures for Schools (SEA) shows Night | Dusk Paintings for Children Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities Interiors Bonfires | Flames | Smoke The Art of Richard Eurich Curtains Families

More details...

Recto: Signed lower right: R. Eurich; undated

Aka: Twelfth Night; Twelfth Night (dismantling Xmas tree) [RE sales diary]

Verso: Redfern Gallery label

Christmas bead necklace candles cloak cup curtains daughter girl hats mother necklaces street women woman female wreath

16th January 1948: Started small painting “Twelfth Night.” Young cousin Hilary and my Caroline dismantling the Christmas Tree. I am painting it for the gilt frame (elaborate) with an arc top, size about 14"x14”. It will be interesting to get the painting at one with the frame. 1948 - 3 pictures for ‘Paintings for Schools' at the Tate : 1) Seascape, the Return (20x24”), 2) Two Tigers, 3) Twelfth Night

RE diary

All three paintings sold - "The Return" for £35 to L.C.C. (London County Council), "Twelfth Night" for £35 also to the L.L.C., and "Tigers" for £15 to Keighley Girls' Grammar School which found its way eventually into the collection of Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford.

More about S.E.A.

Provenance

EXHIBITED | 18th Jun to 8th Jul 1948

"PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS: S.E.A. EXHIBITION" - Tate Gallery, London

ACQUIRED | 1948

bought by London County Council (LCC) from the Tate show for £35 [RE sales diary entry 244]

IN COLLECTION | [unknown date]

London County Council (LCC) collection

AUCTIONED | 22nd Jul 1986

sold by Sotheby’s, London on 22 July 1986, lot 365, illustrated

IN COLLECTION | 2015

Private Collection, UK

CAN YOU HELP?

If you can help add to this timeline, please get in touch below.

Provenance:

  • ACQUIRED - 1948 - bought by London County Council (LCC) from the Tate show for £35 [RE sales diary entry 244]
  • IN COLLECTION - [unknown date] - London County Council (LCC) collection
  • AUCTIONED - 22nd Jul 1986 - sold by Sotheby’s, London on 22 July 1986, lot 365, illustrated
  • IN COLLECTION - 2015 - Private Collection, UK

Exhibitions:

  • 18th Jun to 8th Jul 1948 - "PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS: S.E.A. EXHIBITION", Tate Gallery, London

Notes:

  • None recorded.

Does this page contain inaccurate or missing information that you could help us with, or do you simply want to leave a comment?

References:

  • The Art of Richard Eurich (Andrew Lambirth, pub. 2020: Lund Humphries, 170 colour illustrations, ISBN 9781848221727) [fig 54, pg 74]