Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art - 29 November 2017 | Melbourne
Lot 91
Eric Thake
(1904 – 1982)
MIDDAY SPINE – BASH, NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1945
pencil and ink on paper
28.0 x 30.0 cm
Estimate:
$1,500 – 2,000
Lot sold: $1,830 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Eric Thake
(1904 – 1982)
MIDDAY SPINE – BASH, NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 1945
pencil and ink on paper
28.0 x 30.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Eric Thake 1945
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: MIDDAY SPINE-BASH / BASIL RUMBLE / COL. FITZGERALD / BILL STEPHENSON + / BUNNY LINWOOD’S TENT / TAF. RAAF / NOEMFOOR ISLAND / 6. 2 . 1945 / ERIC THAKE
Provenance
Private collection
McKenzies Auctioneers, Perth, 18 July 2017, lot 72
Company collection, Sydney