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Swan Lake, stage design 2.
Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].
Taieri Mouth.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Taieri Mouth.
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…
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed 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; u.c. in pencil: As I pass the border, how can I forbear from turning back my head, Hsu Lan [jottings throughout].
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…
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 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…
The three Maries at the tomb.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: McCahon ’47; l.r. on card: N.F.S.
The Wake for Thor : Panel 10
10. no text - kauri; Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 12
12. no text - kauri; Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 15
15. no text - kauri
The Wake for Thor : Panel 16
16. no text - kauri; Lower left.: McCahon ’58.
The Wake for Thor : Panel 2
2: no text - landscape. Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 4
4. no text - kauri. Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor, Great Dane. John Caselberg.
1. Title; 1785 x 1265 mm; Inscribed: John Caselberg. The Wake for Thor, Great Dane; l.r.: McCahon ’58; centre right edge: Titirangi, 1957; verso: rejected version
The Wake I
3. I: Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” I; verso: rejected version
The Wake II
5. II; Lower left.: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” II
The Wake III
6. III; Lower left.: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” III; verso: rejected version
The Wake IV
7. IV; Lower right: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” IV
The Wake IX
14. IX; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” IX; verso: rejected version