Works by Colin McCahon

Description

Colin McCahon is recognized as one of New Zealand’s foremost painters for his inventive and visionary contribution to art. He lived from 1919 to 1987, his career spanning four decades of the Twentieth Century. His landscapes reflect his environmental concerns, but also a recognition of the raw essence of a young country, and an ability to portray New Zealand in a unique and iconic way. Religious and moral issues are explored throughout McCahon’s work, as evidenced by his use of Christian imagery. Another of McCahon's interests was poetry, and he became the first New Zealand artist to incorporate words and numbers in his work.

Contributor

Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.

Collection Items

Northland triptych.

North Otago. Ed 50 No 18.
Margin below image in pencil: North Otago Colin McCahon. Ed 50 No 18 73; in charcoal: [fingerprint].

North Otago. No 1, Ed. Zonta print.
Margin below image in pencil: Colin McCahon. ’73; No 1. Ed 2.

North Otago. Zonta print.
Title supplied by Gordon Brown.

North Otago. Zonta print.
Title supplied by Gordon Brown.

North Otago. Zonta print. India proof.
Title supplied by Gordon Brown.

North Otago. Drawing for Zonta prints.
Title supplied by Gordon Brown.

North Otago Landscape From folio of twelve multiples. Mervyn Williams. Barry Lett Galleries.
Published by Barry Lett Galeries as part of a set of 12 multiples.

One of the designs for [An Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1967 by Gordon H. Brown & Hamish Keith, London, Auckland, Collins 1969.]
Verso in pencil: Colin McCahon. One of the designs for NZ Painting book. G.H.B. Hamish Keith, a series of 45.

James K. Baxter Festival 1973.
Inscribed throughout on plate.

The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady by James K. Baxter. n.d. Book cover design no 1. n.d.
Margin u.l. in ballpoint pen: This drawing is the property of Colin McCahon. Please return; in carbon on image: James K. Baxter, The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady; in margin in ballpoint pen: no 1; margin around image: [instructions to…

The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady by James K. Baxter. n.d. Book cover design no 2. n.d.
Margin below image c. in ballpoint pen: C.McC.; in carbon on image: James K. Baxter, The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady; in margin above image in ballpoint pen: no 2 [and printing instructions including note that artist wants art work returned…

Landscape Tahunanui.
Lower left (l.l.) in black ink: McCahon ’48; l.r. in ink: Landscape Tahunanui.

Figure and cross.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: for Rodney, one of the drawings for your painting. McCahon

Composition.
Incised l.r.: Colin McCahon; verso in pencil: Composition Colin McCahon, ink, oil & watercolour on cardboard with varnish in the possession of Rodney Kennedy Esq painted in 1938.

Drawing of Rodney Kennedy.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Portrait of R. Kennedy. C. McCahon 1940; l.r. in REK's hand: R. Kennedy; verso: C McCahon Drawing of RE Kennedy 1/-

Sketch of Ruby Bay house.
Titled by donor.

Untitled.
Margin below image r. in pencil: Colin McCahon 73; through image in red chalk: Me [arrow]

[Kauri forest.]

[Candelabra tree.]

[Kauri - pen drawing 2.]

[Kauri - pen drawing 1.]

Unfinished study of male nude.
Centre (c.) in ink: oil, Maitai Valley landscape. Not for sale. C. McCahon; u.l. in pencil: 2… BW dk cream close up no glass, Mr Brasch, 11a Smith St; verso original card: [oil painting Maitai Valley landscape, acc. 20,922 also titled Nelson Hills…

Easter landscape with the three falls and an epilogue.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon Jan 1968; u.c. in pencil: Easter landscape with the three falls & an epilogue; inscribed through image: [colour notes]

Drawing for ‘Dear Wee June’. In loving memory of Our Dear Wee June who fell asleep… 1945.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Drawing for Dear Wee June McCahon; u.r. in pencil: Dec 27 1945 [Variously inscribed throughout]; on attached paper in pencil: This is from the Port Chalmers Cemetery looking at the Harbour mouth. The final painting was…
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