Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Working drawings for Black Paintings. Hotere ’65; l.c. in pencil: Drawings for black paintings. Zero is round, zero is black, zero is zero; u.c. in pencil: too small - zero is round; l.l. in pencil: crap; l.l. in…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Working drawings for Black Paintings. Hotere ’69; C. in red fibre tipped pen: delete; l.c. in red fibre tipped pen: All is black and there is no black? (Suzuki).
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…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Cl 71; l.r. in ink: Portrait of the washbasin with blood; on mount: Study for portrait of the washbasin with blood. May 1971. P. Clairmont
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Preliminary drawings for Black Paintings. Hotere; through image in pencil: [numerals]; verso in ink: [unfinished sketch].