Part 1: Important Fine Art - 27 November 2013 | Melbourne
Lot 86
Eric Thake
(1904 - 1982)
JACK JOHNSON AND THE GOLDEN SMILE, 1978
oil on canvas
36.0 x 31.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
Description
Eric Thake
(1904 - 1982)
JACK JOHNSON AND THE GOLDEN SMILE, 1978
oil on canvas
36.0 x 31.0 cm
signed with initials and dated lower left: ET 78
signed, dated and inscribed on label verso: Jack Johnson and the Golden Smile / Eric Thake 1978 / Johnson had all his teeth gold capped, / from a film of his arrival in Sydney 1908 / Shown on black & white T.V.
Provenance
Collection of Lina Bryans, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne