Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Clive Stephen' drawing edition and titled in margin

edition and titled in margin

Onus presents an Aboriginal child cut into pieces

appearing in Jan van Eyck 1434 painting ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’ (also known as the ‘The Arnolfini Wedding’)

Frenzied yet direct

Through layered gentle abstraction and protective blues

Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Clive Stephen' drawing edition and titled in marginThe popular practice of labelling and adorning ones beloved books with bookplates has almost been lost to history. In the early 20th century, members of the Australian Ex Libris Society would assign iconic artists with the task of creating personal tags that could be fixed onto the inside cover or first pages of their books. Eric Thake, known for his bold printmaking and distinct ability to sympathise with humanity through his images, was a popular