Lot 21
Figure in a Rocky Landscape 1965
linocut
signed, titled and dated below image: "Figure in a rocky landscape" Eric Thake 1965
14.5 x 21cm (card); 31 x 38cm (frame)
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
Gift of the Artist to Mr. Harry Muir
Thence by descent
Acquisitions 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 6 March – 1 April 1968 (another impression)
Hand and Eye - A Survey of Artists' Materials and Techniques, Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970 (another example)
Colsey, D., Hand and Eye - A Survey of Artists' Materials and Techniques, Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1970, Sydney, 1969, cat. no. 49 (illus., another example)
inscribed inside card: Harry: All the Best for Xmas + the New Year/ Eric
Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
Prints and Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8778
6:00pm - 16 April 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 11 - Sun 13 April, 10am - 4pm
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