Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring, wild the yellowhammers sing. Wild the roaring of the sea, wilder still the blood in me.
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Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring, wild the yellowhammers sing. Wild the roaring of the sea, wilder still the blood in me by Colin McCahon.
Reproduction permission courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.
Reproduction permission courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.
Date Created
1971
Identifier
Hocken Pictorial Collections - 95/7
a5482
Subject
Description
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Colin McCahon For my friend Pat France, Feb 1970. Poem by John Caselberg No 1 of six on van Gogh, the other five of which I hope you will love as much. Colin; through image in chalk: Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring, wild the yellowhammers sing. Wild the roaring of the sea, wilder still the blood in me; through image in pencil: [five verses of poem by Caselberg].
Extent
595 x 754 mm
Medium
coloured chalks & wash on deckle edged paper
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
Patricia France Bequest, Dunedin, 1995.
Files
Collection
Citation
McCahon, Colin, “Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring, wild the yellowhammers sing. Wild the roaring of the sea, wilder still the blood in me.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 22, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/5517.