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Tahunanui, Nelson.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush in red paint: G.P. [ligated, vertical] Nerli; label: St Clair Beach, Dunedin, N.Z. [undated press clipping about Nerli]; label: Fisher & Son, Christchurch; label: 146 with brush: D. Lusk ’47; verso with brush:…
Onekaka Estuary.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: D. Lusk 1966; verso frame: Oil sketch Onekaka Estuary Doris Lusk Jan. 1966; verso in another hand: Hocken Library; stamp: A.S. Hall
Portrait of Colin McCahon.
19 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Doris Lusk. Portrait of C. McC. oil Unsigned & untitled. Late 30s in her Dunedin studio.Above U.F.S. Dispensary opposit City Hotel. c. 17 x 14 Blue Harris tweed coat by H.B.…
Return to Otago. Sept. 1987.
Verso composite board backing in felt pen, artist’s hand: Return to Otago. Sept. 1987. Doris Lusk. Oil on canvas; label verso in ballpoint pen, inscribed for donor by Noel Ginn: Return to Dunedin. Series of Doris Lusk paintings. Portrait of Anne…
William Collinson.
Label verso in ball point pen: Doris Lusk. William Collinson. 1434
Rock face, Weka Pass.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: D. Lusk 1961; label: Victoria Gallery
[Scene from a play.]
Verso with brush: D. Lusk; verso in various media: [various inscriptions]
Tags: Design, Image, Oil paintings, Still Image, Theater, Twentieth century, Works of Art
Rita Cook [Rita Angus].
Lower right (l.r.): D.K. MacDiarmid ’45
Crucifixion.
Frequently exhibited with variant title, Crucifixion with lamp 1947.
Nelson Hills 3.
08 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Right. Nelson Hills. oil Feb 48. c 14 x 20. Signed lower left".
Tags: Image, Landscape, Nelson (N.Z.), Oil paintings, Paintings, Still Image, Works of Art
Harbour Cone from Peggy’s Hill.
09 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Otago Peninsula oil 28 x 48. Signed lower right. Colin McCahon 1939".
Pohutukawa tree, tide out.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: C.Mc. ’58, Feb.; u.l. with brush: Pohutukawa tree, tide out.
Dark Trees, Dunedin.
Signed l.r.: Colin McCahon.
Little kauri tree.
Lower left (l.l.): McCahon May ’57; verso: [title]
Maitai Valley landscape.
Upper right (u.r.): McCahon 47; verso original card in ink: oil, Maitai Valley landscape. Not for sale. C. McCahon; in pencil: 2… BW dk cream close up no glass, Mr Brasch, 11a Smith St; [& unfinished oil painting of male nude, acc 89/92] Separated…
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…
Otago Harbour.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: Colin McCahon 41; verso with brush: Otago Harbour Colin McCahon 1941; verso in ink: oil on gesso 25 gns; verso in ink: 24 Prestwick St, Maori Hill, Dunedin; verso in ballpoint pen: 15gns; verso in pencil: 30 green…
Triangles.
Upper right (u.r.) in capitals: McCahon Jan ’65.
Crucifixion.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: McCahon … [date illeg]; through image with brush: I.N.R.I.
Kauri trees.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: McCahon April 54; verso in ballpoint: [framing instructions].
I am.
Lower right (l.r.): McCahon Feb ’54; on backing: C. McCahon I Am C.O.B.; on front of frame: 79.
Waterfall.
Lower right (l.r.) in ballpoint pen: McCahon Dec 64.
Landscape Marahau.
17 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "The chestnut grove, Mahau Sound oil c. 14 1/2 x 20 1/2. Signed & dated Colin McCahon '44 but suggest date is wrong & should be rather earlier (ask R.E. Kennedy) A Cezanne…