Lot 27
Hippobottomi 1974
linocut
signed, titled and dated below image: Hippobottomi Eric Thake 1974
14.5 x 22cm (card); 31 x 38cm (frame)
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Gift of the Artist to Mr. Harry Muir
Thence by descent
Animals on Paper: From The Australian Collection of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 September – 5 October 1992 (another example)
Kolenberg, H., Animals on Paper: From The Australian Collection of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1992 cat. no. 86 (another example)
inscribed inside card: Dear Harry/ It looks like "Bottoms up" for Xmas/ Best Wishes/ Eric
Other examples of this print are held in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.
RELATED WORK:
Eric Thake, Hippobottomi 1974, pencil on paper, 28 x 37.7cm, the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, 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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CONTACT
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