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The Wake for Thor : Panel 10
10. no text - kauri; Lower left: McCahon ’58
The three Maries at the tomb.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: McCahon ’47; l.r. on card: N.F.S.
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…
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 curtain of Solomon.
Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.
The curtain of Solomon.
Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.
The Blessed Virgin compared to a jug of pure water and the infant Jesus to a lamp.
Married and living with his wife and young son near Nelson in 1946-48, McCahon turned from depicting landscapes to Christian imagery. By synthesizing disparate elements - portraiture, still life and symbolism (the lamp and jug) with words McCahon…
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; u.c. in pencil: As I pass the border, how can I forbear from turning back my head, Hsu Lan [jottings throughout].
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; l.c. in pencil: To be hung like this.
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed throughout.
Te tangi o te pipiwhararua. (The song of the shining cuckoo) from a poem by Tangirau Hotere.
This is one of McCahon's major works of the mid-1970s, along with the Urewera Mural, the Blind series, and the Parihaka Triptych. It has several motivations and triggers. The primary one is the shining cuckoo's song, spoken of in a Maori poem passed…
Taieri Mouth.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Taieri Mouth.
Swan Lake, stage design 2.
Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].
Swan Lake stage design 1.
Upper left (u.l.) with brush: [title]; u.r. with brush: McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: lighting instructions; l.r. in pencil: Colin McCahon, March ’54; verso: preliminary sketch in gouache
Still life for the play Professor Mamlock.
13 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Still life. oil Sgd & dated Colin McCahon 1940 [sic] in mount 28 x 30 1/2. Note by R.N. O’Reilly on back of photograph. 'Professor Mamlock however was performed about…
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; verso: [unfinished sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie 1956; u.c. in ballpoint pen: Cyclorama [variously inscribed throughout]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; through image in ballpoint pen: [various inscriptions]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956; verso: [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: A gentleman calls; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie; l.r. in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon 1956; verso in pencil: door [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon, 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: Final version; u.l. in charcoal: The Glass Menagerie; verso in pencil & red ballpoint pen: [production memoranda]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956.
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 3 scen 7 Homecoming; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 14
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 3 Scene 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, The Witnesses; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 13; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 3 Scene 1 On shipboard; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 12