Eric Thake 'Mr Picasso! Gentlemen, you won’t find him here' - Collected by Murray printmaking

Eric Thake 'Mr Picasso! Gentlemen, you won’t find him here' - Collected by Murray printmakingEvery year, modernist Eric Thake would send his friends a hand made Christmas card. Original linocut prints, these cards have since become canonical, each observing a changing nation through one its most distinct voices. They also speak to Thakes inner world, with this particular work coming from the collection of his friend, revered writer and curator Ursula Hoff. Mr Picasso! Gentlemen, you wont find him here is a send up of the National Gallery of

dated and titled on reverse

'Sydney Bridge' 1981

these images trade in a strange dichotomy: urban detritus rendered in oozing

'The Scholars' Ca 1990s

Auguste dedicates this series to his mother

in a myriad of colours and moments

LITERATURE:

intimacy and the uncanny

Literature:

An innovator in printmaking techniques

known in part for his images of girls and cats

Even though the gift card is electronic