Greeting card: Christmas ("...Then wrought a tomb and slept")

Artist: b'Thake, Eric.' | Title: b'Greeting card: Christmas (...Then wrought a tomb and slept)' | Date: 1942 | Technique: b'linocut, printed in black ink, from one block'
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Primary Artist

Eric Thake (1904–1982)

Title

Greeting card: Christmas ("...Then wrought a tomb and slept")

Date made

1942

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

16.8 x 11.8 cm (printed image)

Support

cream paper

Support size

16.8 x 26.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Eric Thake 1942'. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, ' '...Then wrought a tomb and slept.' '.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

44293

Accession number

73.257.2

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Acquisitions Committee, Sydney, Meeting 2 (1973-03-08)

Provenance

Purchased by the Acquisitions Committee (Australian National Gallery), from the artist 1973.

Credit line

Purchased 1973

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Thake, Eric. | (1904–1982) Australian | Male | artist

HAWTHORN PRESS | (1936–1983) Australian | Organisation | printing firm

GARTNER, John | (1914–1998) Male | printer (relief)

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013