1948. Graphite and coloured pencil, signed and dated in graphite lower right, 13.7 x 17.7cm. Minor crinkles. 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

1960. Oil on board, signed lower left, signed, titled and dated in ink verso, 19.5 x 24.5cm. Framed. More

c1960. Watercolour with gouache and ink, signed in ink lower right, 23.5 x 40cm. Slight stains and foxing to edges not affecting image, old mount burn. Depicts terraces in Phillips Street, Alexandria, which were built in 1883 and are still standing. A lithograph with a similar image was also created..... More

c1960s. Gouache and ink, obscured initials “M.G.D.”[?] in ink lower right, titled and annotated with medium and price “1 [guinea]” in ink verso, 28 x 35.6cm. Located halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, Macksville is a small town on the Nambucca River in NSW. More

c1964. Gouache and ink, scarf design, titled and signed in image centre and lower right, captioned throughout image, 70 x 70cm. Slight scuffs, surface loss and stains overall, creases and pinholes to margins. Captions identify Adelaide landmarks depicted around the edges of the image, and include “King William Street, Elder..... More

1966-1967. Pencil drawing, dated lower right, 27.5 x 36.4cm. Minor creases, tears to right edge and stains to lower portion. Provenance: artist’s estate. The Sydney Opera House Trust commissioned Robert Emerson Curtis to illustrate, stage by stage, the erection of the Sydney Opera House. Some of his images are illustrated..... More

1970. Pencil drawing, titled and signed lower right, 20.2 x 25.5cm. Old tape remnants to upper edge, minor surface loss and creases to corners. Illustrated in Emanuel, Historic Sydney: drawings and notes, 1970, p65, with the comment “Bare Island stands as one of the rare examples of fortress architecture in..... More

c1970. Pen and ink, titled and signed lower right, 39 x 42.3cm. Slight stains and crinkles. Illustrated in Emanuel, Historic Sydney: Drawings and notes, 1970, p70 with the caption “Stanley Place, Woolloomooloo.”. More

c1980s. Ink and wash, monogrammed lower right, 24 x 26.8cm. This is the original drawing published in The National Times to promote a jazz event during a Sydney festival. More

c1988. Watercolour on board, annotated and signed in ink lower right, 51.2 x 101.8cm. Slight foxing overall. Annotation reads “Cover illustration by Don Stephens.” One image, lower right, is captioned “Bicentennial Bullock Drive.”. More

1993. Watercolour with pencil and collage, artist’s stamp with initials, dated “March ‘73” in pencil lower right, 60.7 x 45.8cm. Minor cockling overall. Framed. The two collaged slips read “See the Crown Jewels, and the Famous White Cats” and “RTA Pylon Lookout & Exhibition.”. More