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Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633
© Christopher Cone

Paper Boats

1951

oil on panel

19h x 20w (cm)

Paintings for Children
Gatherings | Crowds | Festivities
Landscapes | Gardens
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Recto: signed and dated lower left: R, Eurich. 1951.


Tags:
England
Gatherings / Festivities
Landscapes / Gardens
Paintings for Children
Sets
Ships / Boats / Harbours
The North
Themes
Towns / Town Life / Buildings
Yorkshire

Subject
boys
bridge
children
children's games
chimneys
factories
girls
hills
industry
men
mills
old man
paddling
playing
river
river bank
stream
street lamp
street light
walking stick

Medium
Oil
RE Diary Entry - 11th February 1948: “In the evening thought quite suddenly of another vision of childhood picture, sailing fireboats (paper) down a tunnel. Bradford Back perhaps. Boys watching them and gasworks etc coming up over the top of the coping – a good subject I think.”
- REP

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • 5th to 28th Jun 1952
ACQUIRED • [date unknown]

Originally bought by a collector from the Redfern's small panels show, but later exchanged for "The Shower Bath" from the same show. RE then gave "Paper Boats" to Martin Vincent, a member of the extended family on his wife's side.

AUCTION • 16th Feb 2005
AUCTION • 22nd May 2014

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