Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Clive Stephen' landscape

Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Clive Stephen' landscapeThe popular practice of labelling and adorning ones beloved books with bookplates has almost been lost to history. In the early 20th century, members of the Australian Ex Libris Society would assign iconic artists with the task of creating personal tags that could be fixed onto the inside cover or first pages of their books. Eric Thake, known for his bold printmaking and distinct ability to sympathise with humanity through his images, was a popular

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centred around impact

Image Size: 45 x 29 cm

Sidney Nolan’s 'Woman on Beach

was an Archibald Prize finalist and the subject of a major monograph

Storrier envisions a textured terrain

'Apparitions VIII' 1986

signed Gail English and dated in margin

Chapter 3’ presents a disembodied jacket as a metaphor for presence

In this topsy-turvy ode to Lewis Carroll and his father

Are they plucked from Wonderland

titled and numbered in pencil in margin below image: 31/40 Dark Sunset V