Eric Anchor Thake: career timeline
Australian · 1904–1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 78 lots (94% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | $1.6kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1940s | 12 | 12 | $463Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1950s | 16 | 16 | $552Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1960s | 26 | 25 | $880Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1970s | 18 | 18 | $1.5kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1920s 1 work
1940s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $463Sign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 7 in (18 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (11), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1944 Strange Spectacle$484Sign up
1945 Oceania$515Sign up
1945 What a Cow!$558Sign up
1945 Looted House, Darwin 1945$7.1kSign up
1946 Mirage People, Alice Springs,' 1946$352Sign up
1946 Ho Joe!$442Sign up
1946 Ho Joe!$275Sign up
1946 Mirage People, Alice Springs$409Sign up
1946 Mirage People Alice Springs$544Sign up
1947 Get off me back$372Sign up
1948 Desiderata, Or That Hollow Log at Alice Springs$372Sign up
1949 The Adoration of the Magi,$558Sign up
1950s 16 works
- Sold
- 16 of 16
- Median
- $552Sign up
- Average
- $644Sign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 6 in (20 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (15), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
1950 Self Portrait among the Ant Hills$637Sign up
c. 1951 The Plume Hunter$421Sign up
1951 The Plume Hunter$572Sign up
c. 1951 The Plume Hunter$347Sign up
1951 The Plume Hunter$533Sign up
1951 The Plume Hunter$244Sign up
c. 1951 The Plume Hunter$231Sign up
c. 1951 The Ploom Hunter$272Sign up
1953 The Inhabitants of this Country$1.6kSign up
1955 The Wrong Horse$574Sign up
1956 Ecstasy$286Sign up
1958 She's Late Today$1.1kSign up
1960s 26 works
- Sold
- 25 of 26
- Median
- $880Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 7.5 in (16 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (24), Print (other) (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (4), Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (2)
1960 Horsham Sale Yards: She's a Beautiful Pig Boys, all Meat and no Pertaters$956Sign up
1961 Christmas Greetings from Thake's Flat$446Sign up
1961 Christmas at Thake's Flat 1961Unsold
1961 Christmas Greetings From Thake's Flat$429Sign up
1961 Christmas Greetings From Thake's Flat$499Sign up
1962 In the Melbourne Gallery: Epstein, Einstein? I can Never Remember!$829Sign up
1962 Epstein, Einstein? I can Never Remember$559Sign up
1962 Epstein, Einstein? I can never Remember!$754Sign up
1964 Sunshine and Rain, Lygon Street$829Sign up
1964 Sunshine and Rain, Lygon St.$1.8kSign up
1964 Sunshine and Rain 1964$1.2kSign up
1965 A Hot Day at Heidelberg$382Sign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1965 Figure in a Rocky Landscape$510Sign up
1965 Figure in a Rocky Landscape$812Sign up
1965 Figure in a Rocky Landscape$218Sign up
1966 She's Warm Alright$1.7kSign up
1966 She's Warm Alright$1.8kSign up
1967 Desert Island$1kSign up
1967 Desert Island$880Sign up
1967 Desert Island$381Sign up
1968 Where's all your 30,000 Jim? Well, you Remember those Chops we had for Tea Last Night!$1kSign up
1968 Harry, Where's all your 30,000? Well! You Remember those Chops we had Last Night!$1kSign up
1969 Nuns on the Geelong Road$2.4kSign up
1969 Nuns on the Geelong Road$2.8kSign up
…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 18 works
- Sold
- 18 of 18
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in (14 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (15), Print (other) (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Shearing at Naranga 1970 linocut (2nd edition) 18/25 37 x 33cm$394Sign up
1970 Seurat in Carlton 1970$17.8kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$2kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$2kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$3.7kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$1.8kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$2.3kSign up
1972 An Opera House in Every Home$2.2kSign up
1974 Hippobottomi$3.5kSign up
1974 Polar Bear$223Sign up
1974 Hippobottomi$2.3kSign up
1974 Hippobottomi$1.1kSign up
Show 6 more (1970s)
1974 Hippobottomi$544Sign up
1974 Hippobottomi$562Sign up
1974 Hippopotami$419Sign up
1975 A Message from our Sponsor$858Sign up
1975 A Message from our Sponsor$956Sign up
1975 The Christmas Linocuts os Eric Thake 1941 -$324Sign up
Creation date not recorded
5 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $275Sign up
- Average
- $332Sign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 5.5 in (21 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (5)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Dave, Where is all Your 30,000?$562Sign up
sold 2015 Sacred and Profound Love$213Sign up
sold 2016 Bookplates (6)$247Sign up
sold 2016 Hippobottomi$361Sign up
sold 2019 Oceana$275Sign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Eric Anchor Thake auction results →