Eric Thake — An Individual View
Gryphon Books Melbourne First Edition Very Good Condition Very Good 30cm x 25cm. [72] pages, tipped in photographic frontispiece, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial french fold jacket. Photobook of the Australian artist. Thake had carried a camera alongside his sketchbook from the 1950s, and the book records the photographic side of an artist otherwise known almost wholly for his printmaking, here presenting 28 plates. Produced in the year of Thake's death in an edition of 250 numbered copies, this an out of sequence proof copy. Text by Elizabeth Summons, preface by Patrick McCaughey. Minor foxing to half-title and jacket verso. Small crease to jacket front flap. Category: Photography; Australia; 20th Century: 1980s; ISBN: 0908131283. ISBN/EAN: 9780908131280. Inventory No: 0037343.
