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 |
