Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — © 2004 Christie's Images Limited

Northumbrian Sword Dance

1973

oil on board

30.5h x 61w (cm)

Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities

Music | Dance

Figures on a Beach

Nude Figures

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Panoramas

Harlequins | Pierrots | Clowns

Towels | Shrouds | Figures Bending Over

Umbrellas | Hats

Strange Pictures

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich ’73

Verso: signed, inscribed and dated

Alternatives:

Northumberland Sword Dance [Tooth’s]

Tags:

England

Figures on a Beach

Gatherings / Festivities

Harlequins / Pierrots / Clowns

Motifs

Music / Theatre

Northumberland

Nudes

Panoramas

Problem Pictures

Sets

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The North

Themes

Towels

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Beard

Figures

Northumbrian Rapper Sword Dance

Pierrot

clown

dancers

fence

grey sea

handkerchief

hat

hobby horse

man

man in swimming trunks

man in underwear

musical instrument

naked figure

promenade

quay

raft

rapper

rowing boat

sailing boat

sailing ship

sails

squeeze box

swimming

swimming suits trunks

sword

tall ship

two master

without clothes

women woman female

Medium

Oil

It seems the characters on the far left and right are transposed from another work, and also in the middle, the character with the hobby-horse, from another. Along with the blimp (?) in the sky, it seems an odd composite!

- REP / DJB

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 9th to 27th Oct 1973

"Richard Eurich, Recent Paintings"

Arthur Tooth & Sons

Cat 16, illustrated

ACQUIRED • 1973

bought by private collector from Tooth's for £490?

For £490

AUCTION • 3rd May 1990

"[title unknown]"

Christie’s, South Kensington

lot 191, illustrated

AUCTION • 4th Jun 2004

"20th Century British Art"

Christie’s

lot 1, illustrated

Sold for £13,145

Related Works

Dancing Men (1948)