Nov 08, 2012 - Sale 2293

Sale 2293 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ROBERT EMERSON CURTIS (1898-1996) CANBERRA. Circa 1940.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 1/2 cm.
Condition B+ / B: restored loss in image; restoration along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in image.
Canberra's Provisional Parliament House viewed with the Black Mountain in the background. Born in England, Curtis and his family moved to Australia where he became an illustrator and cartoonist. He is best known for his architectural and industrial studies, including a book of lithographs about the construction of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.