Item - Rib pattern with erection arch, Main Hall, June '65.

ID UNSW D 1978/0016 (082095)
Artist Robert EMERSON CURTIS (1898 - 1996)
Title Rib pattern with erection arch, Main Hall, June '65.
Alternate Titles Rib pattern with erecting arch, Main Hall of Sydney Opera House, June '65.
Category Drawing
Medium pen and oil pastel on paper
Materials pen, oil pastel, paper support.
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 37.50
  Width 27.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 59 x 48.25 x 3 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower left
  Signed Robert Emerson Curtis June '65
Produced  
  When 1965
  Where Australia, NSW, Sydney
Style Narrative
Subject Architecture
Credit Line Purchased 1978
Description/Remarks    Drawing depicts construction of the roof of the Main Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
Exhibition History The Vision and the Structure: Building the Sydney Opera House 1962-1973, Sydney Opera House (Reception Hall), (27/10/1978 - 05/11/1978)
Images of Sydney: UNSW Art Collection, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, (15/07/2000 - 12/08/2000)
Bibliography Emerson Curtis, R., The Vision and the Structure: building the Sydney Opera House between the years 1962-1973, Robert Emerson Curtis, St Ives NSW Australia, 1978,, pg.4, cat.no.20.
ISBN
Webb, B., Images of Sydney: UNSW Art Collection, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Paddington NSW Australia, 2000, pg 4; list of works
ISBN 0 7334 0755 2

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