Eric Thake 'She's late today!' - Collected by Rita animals A jack of all trades

A jack of all trades

Dattilo-Rubbo’s achievements maybe vast

the poignance of the external world

(c) Charles Blackman / Copyright Agency

Dimensions: 100 x 75 x 4 cm

Eric Thake 'She's late today!' - Collected by Rita animals A jack of all tradesEvery 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. Dated 1958, this is a marvellous work. In it, a somewhat sheepish hippopotamus sidles