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

The Cat and Mouse

1929

pencil on paper

38.1h x 27.9w (cm)

Animals | Birds

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Towns | Town Life | Buildings

Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist

Recto: titled, signed and dated on sign above the door: The Cat & Mouse. Richard Eurich 1929.

Verso: signed and titled on artist’s label on backboard

Alternatives:

The Cat and the Mouse []

Tags:

Animals / Birds

Birds Eye View

Curtains / Necklaces

Motifs

Ships / Boats / Harbours

Themes

Towns / Town Life / Buildings

Umbrellas / Hats

Subject

Cat

Curtains

Sign

architecture

balcony

boot scraper 2

bridge

building

chasing

chimneys

cloak

docks

drain pipes

drawing

figure

gasometer

hat

industrial

mattress

mouse

quay

roof tiles

rooftops

sailing ship

ship

steamship

steps

street lamp

topographical view

urban landscape

walking stick

warehouses

Medium

pencil

One of the drawings in RE's first solo show, at the Goupil Gallery in London in 1929. Catalogue no.12. The Goupil link below takes you to more information about the show and to a full list of titles from the catalogue.

- REP

A note in Richard's sales diary records that this work was damaged by fire, but does not say when. He says "Bleached etc by British Museum and then re-drawn by me."

- RE sales diary

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • December 1929

"Richard Eurich"

Goupil Gallery

Cat 12

Priced at GNS9

ACQUIRED • 1930

For £7

AUCTION • 25th Sep 2001

"Art"

Phillips

lot 43, illustrated; together with "Rabbiting by the River"

IN COLLECTION • 2003

James Holland-Hibbert Ltd

SOLO SHOW • 15th Mar to 26th Apr 2003

"Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist"

Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute (now Solent University)

Cat 7, illustrated

EXHIBITION • 2nd Jul to 29th Aug 2003

"A Century of Drawings"

James Hyman Gallery

References:

Books

"Richard Eurich (1903-1992) Visionary Artist"; Edward Chaney and Christine Clearkin (contributions by James Hyman, David McCann and Peyton Skipwith), pub. 2003: Paul Holberton Publishing, ISBN 1903470110 [Cat 7, illustrated]

Other

"Bridgeman Images"; [view image]

Related Works

Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)

Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1961)

York Festival Triptych (1956)

Northern Landscape (1957)