# Eric Thake artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: painting, printmaking, drawing

## About Eric Thake

Eric Prentice Anchor Thake (1904–1982) was an Australian artist renowned for his work as a painter, printmaker, designer, and draftsman. Active throughout much of the twentieth century, Thake established a distinctive visual language across painting and printmaking, with landscape as a recurring subject. He also served as an official Australian war artist, producing work that documented wartime experience through his practiced graphic eye. Thake’s prints in particular earned recognition for their refined linework and modern sensibility. His career spanned commercial design, fine art, and public commission, making him a versatile figure in Australian visual culture. Collectors most often encounter Thake’s work through his prints and paintings in the Australian art market.

## Common works and media

Thake’s most commonly encountered works include prints (particularly linocuts and wood engravings), oil and watercolour paintings, drawings, and graphic design pieces. Landscape subjects feature prominently in his output. Collectors may also find wartime works produced during his service as an official war artist. Editioned prints with clear numbering and condition reporting are standard in auction and appraisal contexts.

## Market and appraisal context

Eric Thake’s work appears at auction primarily within Australian art sales and prints-and-multiples categories. Key factors that influence appraisal include the specific medium (oil painting, watercolour, linocut, or other print), edition size and condition for prints, provenance, subject matter, and whether the work dates from his war-art period or his broader studio output. Documented exhibition history and inclusion in institutional collections can also affect value. Because auction records for Thake were not available in the current source pack, collectors are advised to review recent Australian auction house results for comparable lots.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines artist identity research drawn from authority files and biographical sources with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity data is sourced from institutions including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, the Library of Congress, Wikidata, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5387618
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Thake
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006991
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/60353414/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79042764
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/76962