Evening, Lepe

Details

Richard Eurich, R.A. (1903-1992)
Evening, Lepe
signed and dated 'R. Eurich. 71' (lower right), signed, inscribed and dated again 'RICHARD EURICH R.A./EVENING. LEPE/1976' (on the reverse)
oil on board
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Ash Barn, Petersfield, where purchased by the present owner in 1976.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

After Richard Eurich retired he turned to his immediate neighbourhood, Hampshire's New Forest, as his principal artistic subject. His paintings from the 1970s are distinctive in two respects: he depicts wider panoramas and his fine detail is now viewed from a distance. Evening, Lepe is a prime example of his work at that time. It is almost minimalist in terms of content but through careful composition and the use of an harmonious range of colours it comes together as a lovely painting. It depicts the Royal Mail steampship Andes passing Egypt Point, near Cowes, and the liner, with its distinctive red Plimsoll line, is illuminated for the night's journey ahead.

C.C.

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