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