[Portrait Of A Young Man]
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 32 x 21.5cm. Slight stains, foxing and minor creases overall. More
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 32 x 21.5cm. Slight stains, foxing and minor creases overall. More
c1917. Oil on canvas, signed and captioned lower left and centre, 53 x 66.5cm. Crazing, slight stains. Original frame. Owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Niagara, an ocean liner launched in 1912, was intended for the Australia–Vancouver, Canada service. She was nicknamed the “Titanic..... More
c1980s. Pen and ink with white gouache, signed lower right, publishing annotation in ink verso, 27.9 x 32cm. Foxing and slight stains overall, tears, creases and pinholes to margins. Caption reads “‘Look up in the sky!’ ‘It’s a galah!’ ‘It’s a DC-10.’ ‘No, it’s ***** Viner!’ Yes, it’s ***** Viner!..... More
1952. Pencil drawing, signed, titled and dated lower left, 34 x 28cm. Slight foxing. This drawing was most likely a study for the illustrations in the book by Curtis, Broken Hill, Australia, a folio of drawings, which was published in 1952. More
1937-1939. Consisting of two pencil drawings on tracing paper and one oil on paper, each pencil drawing initialled, dated and titled below image, oil painting dated and signed in pencil verso, sizes range from 13.1 x 16.6cm to 18.8 x 18.7cm. Minor foxing. The Atlantic Union Oil Company came to..... More
c1930s. Watercolour with pencil and gouache, annotated “scale 1 [inch] = 1 foot”, titled and signed in pencil lower left to right, 31 x 36cm. Slight creases, minor foxing overall. More
c1930s. Pencil sketch, initialled lower right, 26 x 15.6cm. Minor crinkles, soiling and foxing overall, pinholes to corners. Provenance: Curtis estate. More
1930. Pair of pencil drawings, each initialled, captioned and dated lower right, 16.5 x 25.9cm and 24.8 x 18.9cm. Trimmed margins. Captions read “On the Sydney Show Ground, Easter” and “Looking towards the grand stand, Sydney Show Ground.”. More
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 35 x 24.8cm. Slight foxing overall. More
c1937. Two pencil drawings, both initialled, one captioned and dated “1937?” lower right, annotated and initialled verso, 25.1 x 20.2cm and 12 x 24.6cm. Slight stains, foxing and creases. Caption and annotations include “On Bogan Gate land” and “Sowing wheat. Sketched on Paddy’s land, Bogan Gate.” Bogan Gate is a...... More
1964. Wash and ink with crayon, signed twice and dated in ink lower left to right with accompanying original exhibition label handwritten by Curtis in ink, 47.5 x 66.3cm. Old glue stain to upper edge, minor cockling. Gladesville Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Parramatta River. “When it..... More
c1940. Transfer drawing, titled and captioned lower left, 19.7 x 25.6cm. Old folds, slight foxing, trimmed left edge and corners. Caption reads “Period 1880. [Centenary] 1840 to 1940.” Shows the Garden Palace, purpose-built for the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879. This drawing is a study for a mural for Farmer..... More
1953. Two pencil drawings, dated “Sept. 18, ’53”, initialled and annotated in lower portion and verso, 14 x 19.8cm and 20.5 x 24cm. Slight foxing and creases. Annotations include (1) “First trial run, NSW. Mark Robuck at ‘controls’ of first NSW diesel loco test, VR [Victorian Railways]. Sydney to Wollongong..... More
c1930s. Pencil drawing, initialled lower right, 17.6 x 25.8cm. Slight foxing, uneven edges. This sketch was likely taken from the present site of Waterfront Park, Pyrmont, previously the site of the CSR Sugar Refinery. Blackwattle Bay can be seen slightly to the left. More
1952. Pen and ink, captioned, dated and signed lower left, 16.1 x 25.2cm. Minor creases and foxing. Caption continues “The speaker tonight will be our great leader Rabindranath Tagore, who’s [sic] message is ‘transmitted’ throughout the world. He is introduced by Mrs Annie Bessant of India. Sketched at a Theosophical..... More
c1950s. Six drawings, four in pencil, one in ink, one in coloured pencil, five initialled and two captioned in ink or pencil, 15.5 x 12.4cm to 30.6 x 11cm. Foxing, slight creases. Captions include “The wool dance” and “Into the ‘shed’, off with the wool, release!” Four images show a...... More
c1960s. Three gouache paintings, each captioned with ship name, two initialled and one annotated “murals in [illegible word], Pt Phillip” in pencil lower left to right, 18 x 19.2cm to 12 x 27.5cm. Slight foxing, uneven edges. Studies depict paddle steamers and steamships. Captions read (1) SS Edina rebuilt, (2)..... More
c1950s. Pencil drawing, each ship captioned, 30.7 x 21.2cm. Creases, slight stains and missing portions. Captions include (1) PS Lonsdale, 551 tons, built 1882. Stranded Port Melb. 1889, refloated 1891, broken up Melb., 1900; (2) PS Ozone, 572 tons, built 1886 for Port Phillip trade. Dismantled and sunk to form..... More
1957. Pencil drawing, titled and dated lower left, 25.9 x 36.7cm. Old vertical folds, minor creases, trimmed edges. More
1980. Three watercolours with gouache, each signed, titled and dated in ink in lower margin and verso, 18 x 15cm (approx. each). These images are most likely studies for a large mural. Robert Emerson Curtis’ “admiration for civil engineering had developed while living and working in America [1922 to 1928]..... More
1940. Pen and ink, initialled and dated in pencil lower left, 18 x 23cm. Slight foxing and creases. The Lee-Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that served as the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th..... More
1933. Pair of pencil drawings, one with ink, each captioned, dated and initialled in pencil lower right, 23.2 x 20.3cm and 25.9 x 20.3cm (paper). Minor creases. Captions read “Central Railway Station” and “Central Station Tower, Sydney.”. More
c1946. Seven drawings, five in pencil, two in ink, one dated, each initialled and most captioned in pencil lower left or right, 16.8 x 18.5cm to 20.5 x 32.5cm. Creases, slight foxing. Captions include (1) Mt Isa; (2) Hardy & Steel from USA; (3) Mt Isa, narrow gauge surface locs..... More
c1950. Two pencil drawings, one on tracing paper, both annotated “Goulburn” and initialled in pencil lower right, one captioned in ink verso, 34.5 x 24.6cm (approx. each). Slight stains and creases, old folds. Caption reads “Sketch for Goulburn feature, painted in new air-conditioned express trains. NSW Rly.” Sketches show the..... More
1939. Two pencil drawings, one captioned “board rider”, both initialled and dated lower right, 22.5 x 11.5cm and 16 x 24cm. Slight foxing. More