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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…
Portrait of Rodney Kennedy.
l.l. in pencil: C.McCahon; l.r. in pencil: Portrait of Rodney Kennedy. 1939; verso in pencil: 1/-
Mount Arthur Range, Nelson.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: McCahon ’46; l.r. on mount in ink: The Mount Arthur Range, Nelson.
Marge in the Maitai Valley, Nelson.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: McCahon ’47; verso in pencil: Marge in the Maitai Valley, Nelson.
See the stirring of the Lake.
No 1 of a series of 15 drawings commissioned by Peter McLeavey to commemorate the twelfth year of his gallery’s existence.
Otago Peninsula landscapes - two drawings. 2.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Otago Peninsula landscapes. Colin McCahon; through image in pencil: [gridlines]; on mount: Rodney, I promised you these quite some time ago as they really belong with your painting. I don’t think they are of particular…
Otago Peninsula landscapes - two drawings. 1.
Margin u.r. in pencil: 1947; margin l.r. in pencil: Colin McCahon; on mount: Rodney, I promised you these quite some time ago as they really belong with your painting. I don’t think they are of particular value as works of art but possibly are of…
Paintings by Colin McCahon - poster with text from the [New Zealand Listener], March 5 1948.
Originally used for the 1947 exhibition in Dunedin, but presumably modified with Listener text for the 1948 exhibition in the Wellington Public Library.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in ballpoint pen: Stage designs for Art Gal.y Ballet 1955; u.r. in pencil: Gall.y Ballet.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in ballpoint pen: Art Gall.y Ballet 1955; u.r. in pencil: romantic ballet; l.l. in black crayon: McCahon.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Lower left (l.l.) in black crayon: McCahon; in ballpoint pen: 1955; u.r. in ballpoint pen: Ar. Gall.y Ballet; u.r. in pencil obscured: [staging instructions].
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: To open & close, house lights on.
Festival Ballet for the Art Gallery.
Lower left (l.l.) with chalk: McCahon 55; u.l. in chalk: Festival Ballet for the Art Gallery; verso in chalk: [plan of stage]
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 2 Scen 4 The Emperor of Self; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 11; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Scene 3 Solveig’s song; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 10; l.l. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 2 Scen 2 Anitra, a tent in the desert Peer Gynt; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 9; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 2 Scene 1 Morocco; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 8; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 1, Scene 8 The death of Aase; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 7; l.l. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scen 6 The Casting Ladle; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 5; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scene 5, The Troll King; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 4; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scene 3 The Search and Scene 4, The Woman in Green; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 3; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]