Lot 18
Hippobottomi 1974
linocut
signed and dated lower right: eric Thake 1974
titled lower right
15 x 22.5cm (sheet); 31 x 38cm (frame)
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Private collection, Victoria
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)
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: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)
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