"We saw the Orange Chat", 1974
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
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Eric Thake
(1904 - 1982)
"We saw the Orange Chat", 1974
oil on canvas
50.5 x 36.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: ERIC THAKE 1974
inscribed verso on stretcher: “WELL, WE SAW THE ORANGE CHAT” “FROM A SKETCH AT VIC LOWE’S ORANGE BLOCK MYSTIC PARK”
Estimate:
$25,000 – $35,000
Provenance
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 22 November 2011, lot 28
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Eric Thake, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 2 – 14 February 1977, cat. 10
Literature
Summons, E., ‘Eric Thake’, Art and Australia, Fine Arts Press Pty Limited, Sydney, vol. 15, no. 1, September 1977, pp. 48, 49 (illus.), 54