Oceania
Primary Artist
Eric Thake (1904–1982)
Title
Date made
1945
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
38.4 x 21.0 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
45.2 x 28.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown; 'Approximately 50'
Production notes
The Macquarie Galleries exhibition 'Eric Thake' (1977) note impressions, 'Unnumbered, Approximately 50'.
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 on 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'.
Subject description
Thake noted that the chair was made from the upswept prow of a canoe. The block for the print was 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
Last Updated
31 Oct 2026