Salvation from the evils of earthly existence
1940

Eric THAKE

Medium: oil on cardboard
Measurements: 41.8 × 52.2 cm
Inscription: inscribed (diagonally) in ink l.r.: Eric Thake '40
inscribed in black paint and pencil on reverse u.c.: "SALVATION FROM THE EVILS OF EARTHLY EXISTENCE " (underlined) / ERIC THAKE (underlined) / 18 gns
Accession Number: 1095-4
Department: Australian Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous gift, 1941
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Gallery 12
Level 2, NGV Australia
Subjects (general): Abstract Art
Subjects (specific): flotation paper (fibre product) scrolls (information artifacts) suspended (positional attributes) twine yellow (colour)
Movements: Surrealism