Oceania
Primary Artist
Eric Thake (1904–1982)
Title
Date made
1945
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Support
paper
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right within image, 'Eric Thake 1945'. Titled lower centre within image, 'Oceania'. Inscribed by Eric Thake verso of original backing board, 'The chair was made from the/ upswept prow of a canoe./ Cut from sketches drawn on Noemfoor Is. Geelvinck Bay. N.W. New Guinea 1945'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
44385
Accession number
73.266
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