LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

51.50 in. (130.80 cm.) (height) by 77.24 in. (196.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'R. Eurich.1956.' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1956, no. 329.Southampton, City Art Gallery, The Edge of All the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992, January - March 1994, no. 54, dated 1954-55: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery, March - May 1994; Bradford, Cartwright Hall, May - July 1994; and Ipswich, Christchurch Mansion, July - August 1994.Southampton, City Art Gallery, on loan 1992-2005.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, The Edge of All the Land: Richard Eurich 1903-1992, Southampton, City Art Gallery, 1994, pp. 28, 47-48, no. 54, illustrated, dated 1954-55. M. Rogerson, 'Rediscovering Richard Eurich's "York Festival Triptych"', Medieval English Theatre, Volume Twenty-Three, Lancaster University, 2001, pp. 3-16.

Provenance:

Commissioned by the Lord Mayor of York in 1954.On loan from the artist to the Vice Chancellor of York University until 1970.with Ash Barn, Petersfield, where purchased by the present owner in 1970.