A Family

This work is one of two sister paintings. We knew the work originally from two photographs we found side by side among the records of RE's paintings - both titled 'A Family', both done in 1975, and both on 10x12in board.

When they came to be shown together in a 1977 Fine Art Society exhibition, this painting was recorded with a change of name in the catalogue as 'Warm Day' Cat 54. We came to that conclusion because the other had been illustrated as 'A Family' Cat 53. However when that painting was sold at auction in Canada in 2012, it was recorded that it had the name "Warm Day" written on the back.

Which evidence do you believe? We have decided to consider the catalogue entry as a mix-up and go with the title 'A Family' for this one. However we still cannot be totally confident that we have the full story. See the sister painting 'Warm Day' (1975) here.

Later a collector introduced us to a third  A Family painted in 1989.

Also not to be confused with The Family (1929).