Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Maroon/olive drawing for Black Paintings 69 Hotere; verso original mount in pencil: Maroon & olive drawing for Black Painting Hotere; verso in red crayon: 34.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush in blue paint: Woollaston; verso in fibre tipped pen: 64/100 Mountain at sunset. M.T. Woollaston; verso in green fibre tipped pen: 75gns; label: Woo 12; 2nd label: T. Woollaston oil Mountain of [superimposed to read] at…
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
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Preliminary drawings for Black Paintings. Hotere; through image in pencil: [numerals]; verso in ink: [unfinished sketch].
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: D. Lusk 1964; verso backing board: Self portrait 1954 [retraced to read] 1964 Doris Lusk Christchurch; stamp: A.J. Hall Ltd