The Muse

1929

pencil on paper

33h × 25w (cm)

Manchester Art Gallery

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. Eurich 1929

Format:

Drawing

Tags:

All Works in Public Collections

Curtains / Necklaces

Interiors

Motifs

Music / Theatre

Sets

Themes

Subject

Manchester Art Gallery

head dress

interior with figures

long hair

musical instrument

padded seat

public collection

seated figure

stringed instrument

viola da gamba

Medium

Pencil

One of the drawings in RE's first solo show, at the Goupil Gallery in London in 1929, Catalogue no.21.

- REP

29th Nov. 1938
A letter from Mrs Marchant. She has sold my old drawing done 10 years ago ‘The Muse’ for 7 gns. The Rutherston Collection, Manchester.

- RE diary

Not to be confused with The Muse (1986).

- REP / PC

Provenance & Events

SOLO SHOW • December 1929

"Richard Eurich"

Goupil Gallery

Cat 21

Priced at GNS7

ACQUIRED • November 1938

bought for from the small version of the Goupil Gallery in Kensington opened by Mrs Marchant. [CK]

For GNS7

IN COLLECTION • 1939

Mrs C L Rutherston

GIFTED • 1939

Manchester Art Gallery

by Mrs Essil Elmslie; Accession Number: 1939.272

SOLO SHOW • 25th Nov 1979 to 1st Jun 1980

"Richard Eurich, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"

Bradford, Glasgow, London & Southampton, UK

Cat 8, illustrated

References:

Collections

"Manchester Art Gallery"; [link]

Catalogues

"RICHARD EURICH, RA - A Retrospective Exhibition"; by Caroline Krzesinska, pub. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1979 [p18]

Other

"Bridgeman Images"; [view image]

Related Works

The Muse (1986)