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Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
- Date
- ca 1957
- By
- Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Dunn, Michael, 1942-
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00054
- Description
Photograph of a plaster model and painting for Russell Clark's 'The Ear' sculpture designed for the Timaru telephone exchange in collaboration with Stewart Minson; four original drawings by Clark; an abstract study in gouache for 'The Ear', by Clark; sketchbook with New Zealand scenes and anatomical studies.
'The Ear' sculpture was installed in 1957, after architect Stewart Minson asked Russell Clark, to design a sculpture for the new Timaru telephone exchange.
Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 watercolour(s).
- Use/Reproduction
- Please ask the Library for permission to reproduce items from this collection Copyright: In copyright
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Format
- 1 b&w copy photographic print(s), 1 watercolour(s), Photographs, Watercolours
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Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: [Maritime illustrations]
Date: June 1947 - April 1948
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966
Reference: B-198-021-1/2
Description: Top image depicts people on board a ship bound for the coast. Rising in the distance is Mount Taranaki. The lower image shows four men rowing to shore in a dinghy. Four other men standing ashore wave to them as they try to navigate the rocks. Two small houses can be seen an the cliff above the coast. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - RC [in Chinese white]; Recto - bottom left - RC [in Chinese white]; Verso - top centre - Pt. IV April 1948 [in ballpoint pen]; Verso - top centre - Pt. IV June 1947 [in ballpoint pen] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink and Chinese white on paper mounted on card, 135 x 182 mm and 178 x 210 mm respectively; set in double-window mat 510 x 350 mm
Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: [Artist's sketchbook]
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966
Reference: E-259
Description: Sketchbook comprising 200 leaves, 100 lined and 100 blank pages. Cover reads 'The Economic Pen Carbon Book / 100 Leaves Duplicate / No.21'. Drawings number 40, and include figure, townscape and detail sketches and studies, some with colour or atmosphere notes and locations including Waikino (p.16), Mangrove Swamp, Manaia (p.17), Opoua (p.24), Ngaiotonga Valley (p.25), and Mokau Valley (p.26). Two loose sketches at the back of the book, including a folded page of juvenile sketches of birds. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Ink, wash and graphite on pages of sketchbook, 225 x 175 mm
Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: [New Zealand Listener illustration. Country ch...
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966
Reference: B-198-019
Description: A gathering of Maori leaving a country church at the end of a service. The scene includes adults and children, all dressed in their Sunday clothes. A fallen tree dominates the foreground, and the landscape is dotted with cabbage trees and pines, as well as an area of forest cleared in the background. To the left of the scene, a group of children look on at something out of view Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Listener page 6 [in pencil]; Recto - beneath image - 8 1/8" wide x 4 1/2" deep [in pencil]; Recto - bottom left - RC [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper mounted on card, 180 x 305 mm (to border); set in mat 280 x 395 mm
Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: [Country street scene]
Date: May 1950
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966
Reference: B-198-020
Description: Depicts a street scene in a country town, possibly in colonial times. Three business front the main street: 'D.F. Bean, General Store, Post Office'; 'A. Boyd, Saddlery'; and B.L. Hunter, Paka Puki Timber Mills Ltd.'. Tethered horses line the street, dogs play in a pack and boys walk and talk together, as do groups of men. One woman and girl can be seen looking in the general store window. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - RC [in ink]; Verso - top centre - Russell Clark May Journal 1950 [in ballpoint pen] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper mounted on card, 185 x 240 mm; set in mat 320 x 360 mm
Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: [study for The Ear sculpture]
Date: ca 1957
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966
Reference: B-198-022
Description: Abstract design of an ear for the Timaru telephone exchange, in collaboration with the architect Stewart Minson. A news article entitled 'Gently does it as Ear restored to glory' was published in the Timaru Herald on 12 April 2010. See http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3570989/Gently-does-it-as-Ear-restored-to-glory Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache on card, 355 x 450 mm
Photograph of model of The Ear sculpture.
Date: ca 1957
From: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966: Sketchbook, original drawings, and watercolour by Russell Clark; photograph relating to 'The Ear' sculpture
By: Barry Miller Ltd
Reference: PAColl-10482
Description: Photograph of a plaster model for Russell Clark's 'The Ear' sculpture, taken circa 1957 by Barry Miller Ltd. A note in typeface affixed verso, incribed: "Plaster sketch model Timaru Telephone Exchange sculpture". Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Barry Millter Ltd. / Portrait & commercial photography / 153 Gloucester Street phone 88-953 / Above Casbolts Ltd. [stamped] Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).