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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed throughout.

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; l.c. in pencil: To be hung like this.

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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].

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Upper centre (u.c.): A piece of Muriwai canvas; c.: Wall of death.

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Inscribed throughout. Verso reproductions of paintings.

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Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].

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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…

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Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956.

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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]

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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]

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Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956; verso: [unfinished pencil sketch]

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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]

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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]

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Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; verso: [unfinished sketch]

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Inverted lower right with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.

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Upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.

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inverted lower left with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen; verso: [pencil & watercolour landscape sketch]

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Photomechanical copy of theatre programme for which the original sketch is not extant.

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Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 1 Scene 1, Mother & Son; l.r. in pencil: 1

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Upper centre (u.c.) in ballpoint pen: Act 1 Scene 2 Wedding day; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 2; verso: [unfinished sketch]

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Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: Act 2 Scene 1 The Search and Act 2 Scene 2, The Green Woman; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [colour notes]; l.r. in pencil: 3

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Upper left (u.l.) in black crayon: Act 2 Scene 3, Troll King; l.r in ballpoint pen: 4

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Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 3 Scene 1, The Casting Ladle; l.r. in pencil: 5

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Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 3 Scene 2, The Parting; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 6

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Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 3 Scene 3, Death of Aase; l.r. in pencil: 7
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