PELACO SHIRT FACTORY, 1952

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
30 April 2014
97

ERIC THAKE

(1904 - 1982)
PELACO SHIRT FACTORY, 1952

watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

28.0 x 34.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: Eric Thake 1952

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 8,000
Sold for $24,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 35 - 30 April 2014, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne, a gift from the artist
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This work was gifted by Eric Thake to the Director of sales and marketing at Pelaco, Richmond, Melbourne. At the time Eric Thake was art director at Paton Advertising, Pelaco's advertising agency.