When in Kalgoorlie ... 1970
Dial-A-Prayer !Linocut20.5 x 14.5 cmSigned, titled and dated $2,000
Eric Thake
1904 - 1982
refer DAAO for biographical information
"... The interesting thing about him is that he is an individualist who owes little to any school of painting. He has taken his own line of country and what he has to say is said with distinction. His water colours painted in a low key and quiet colour, are always harmonious and there is always an aristocratic quality about them. But apart form his serious work I like to think of those witty lino-cut cards that he sends to his friends at Christmas - full of humour and critical observation..."
Daryl Lindsay
Excerpt: Eric Thake, a Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 1970
Christmas Greetings from Thake's Flat 1961
Linocut14.7 x 21.5 cmSigned, titled and datedInscribed: Dear Jim, Things are very dry around these parts at present, Eric & .....
Hollow Log at Alice Springs 1948-67
Linocut 33 x 40 cm Signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/45 $1,850
Shearing on Naranga 1970
Linocut 36 x 33 cm Signed, titled, dated and numbered $1,850
Comparisons 1957
Linocut20.4 x 14.7 cmSigned, titled and dated; also Inscribed To Dorothy with best wishes for Xmas & New Year from.....
"Desiderata" or "That Hollow Log at Alice Springs" 1948
Linocut14.7 x 18.c cmSigned, titled and dated $1,650
Figure in a Rocky Landscape 1965
Linocut14.8 x 21 cmSigned, titled and datedInscribed inside – To Dorothy with Best Wishes for Xmas & 1966From Eric, Grace.....
A Message from our Sponsor 1975
Linocut (Christmas card)21.5 x 14 cmSigned, titled and dated; also inscribed on reverse To James, Sue & family with Best.....
Mirage People, Alice Springs 1946
Linocut15 x 18.5 cmSigned, titled and datedInscribed To Clive & Dorothy Stephen with best wishes for 1947$1,650
MR PICASSO! Gentlemen, you won?t find him here 1956
Linocut 21.3 x 14 cm Signed, titled and dated Commissioned by Colonel Aubrey Gibson, a trustee of the National Gallery.....
Roadside Bunyip 1973
Linocut 22 x 13 cm Signed, titled and dated $1,650
Self Portrait among the Anthills 1950
Linocut18.5 x 14.5 cmSigned, titled and dated Inscribed To Clive & Dorothy with best wishes for Xmas & 1951Eric &.....
The Adoration of the Magi 1949
Linocut18.2 x 14.5 cmSigned, titled and dated $1,450
"The Inhabitants of this Country" 1953
Linocut19.4 x 14.2 cmSigned, titled and datedInscribed a quote from William Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland 1668 'The Inhabitants.....
The Rock & the Flies 1952
Linocut 19.6 x 14.2 cm Signed, titled and dated; also inscribed inside With my kindest thoughts and best wishes for.....
Sacred & Profane Love 1954
Linocut22 x 14.3 cmSigned, titled and dated$1,450
Capybara 1974
Pencil27 x 23.5 cmSigned, titled and datedProvenance: Estate of the artist, by descent$1,400
The Adoration of the Magi 1949
Linocut18.2 x 14.5 cmSigned, titled and dated $1,250
Desert Island 1967
Linocut14.5 x 19.5 cmSigned, titled and dated 1967$1,250
Ecstasy 1956
Linocut21.2 x 13.3 cmSigned, titled and dated $1250
Figures in a Landscape
Linocut in red ink15 x 11.2 cm $1,250
Passant Regardant 1954-55
Colour linocut12 x 17 cmPrinted inside With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year from Australian Branch, Oxford.....
The Plume Hunter 1951
Linocut21 x 14.5 cmSigned, titled, dated and inscribed Artist's Proof, 11/18 $1,250
Safety Helmets must be worn 1973
Gelatin silver photograph printed by George Mekes36 x 44.5 cmSigned, titled and inscribed on reverse Building Site, East Kew 4.10.73.Provenance.....
Stormwashed Albatross 1953
Silver Gelatin Photograph printed by George Mekes48.5 x 27 cmSigned, titled and inscribed on reverse Noel Learmouth?s Albatross, Portland, Easter.....