ARTWORK HISTORY:
Our family is very much into "the Arts" in all it's forms, from music to creative art to chinaware and even classic old (quality) technology!
Our focus has always been landscapes, both Australian and New Zealand but over the years we have gathered far too many and new homes must be found for our "excess" artworks.
Back in the early 1980's we purchased this pencil artwork (print) as at the time we were "into" historical drawings of our home city, Sydney.
Fourty years on, this historical drawing from the very well known artist, Cedric Emanuel, must now find a new home!
THE SUBJECT:
Agar Steps, Sydney - Observatory Hill & Kent Street
Fine print of the original drawing, behind glass.
CEDRIC EMANUEL:
Born 1906 (New Zealand) emigrating to Australia 1910, eventually studying art at the Royal Art Society under Dattilo Rubbo and Julian Ashton. He was a very versatile artist, depending scenes from both the "outback" and metropolitan cities. He is most celebrated for his visual historical creations, a visual historian of his day.
His work appears in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Library of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Oh how we wished for this to be an original drawing but alas this is a print (look extremely closely and you can see the dots in the print process) - Cedric very rarely released for sale his original artworks but offered his work in the form of prints, limited copies etc
Cedric passed in 1995.
Fantastic visual historical piece of a well known area in Sydney
CEDRIC EMANUEL - Agar Steps
1970's
Fine print
Print includes the drawing title (left hand side) and the artist's signature (right hand side)
Artwork measurements: 200mm wide x 162mm high
Frame measurements: 327mm wide x 288mm high
Weight: 800g (1.1Kg packed)
The Black frame has simple lines with gold gilding, timber based.
The artwork is behind glass, which is undamaged and clean.
Rear of the frame shows that the framer used gummed paper to seal the print, nice touch as this is often only used for "conservation purposes"
CONDITION:
Artwork is clean
I can see a slight foxing of the paper used, around the edges. This is where the paper reacts with the environment and slowly over time the paper starts to turn yellow and eventually brown. I was a little surprised at this because the artwork is completely sealed but perhaps sunlight has played a part as well. In any case, this process is not reversible so it would be smart to hang this artwork where the light is subdued and where humidity and temperature are kept constant e.g air-conditioned room.
NO issues with artwork discolouration other than this light "foxing"
