Quarry Excavator
by CURTIS, Robert Emerson (1898-1996)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Very Good. An original black pencil drawing, mounted and matted (visible image size 254 × 220 mm), signed in pencil in the bottom right corner. Horizontal crease across the middle; in very good condition. Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996), English-born Australian artist, architectural draftsman, camouflage officer, and official war artist, emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to the USA with his great friend, the pioneer filmmaker, Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and on returning to Sydney in 1928 he set about documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.... He painted murals and did industrial illustration in 1932-38, including the series "Australia at Work", which was syndicated in Australian newspapers.... During WWII Curtis recorded working life in the Commonwealth Munition factories (1939-41), worked as Camouflage Officer in Australia and with the RAAF in New Guinea (1941-43), until he was finally appointed an official war artist to record the nation's industrial war-time production (1943-45). More than 200 works are in the Australian War Memorial (AWM) collection' (Design & Art Australia Online).
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- Seller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 127209
- Title
- Quarry Excavator
- Author
- CURTIS, Robert Emerson (1898-1996)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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