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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.
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,…
Victory Beach. Victory Aue.
A: vertically right in crayon: Victory Beach; verso: [reverse image in pencil]; b: l.l. - l.r. in crayon & wax crayon: Aue Victory Aue; verso: [reverse image in pencil]; c.: l.l. - l.r. in crayon & wax crayon: Aue Victory Aue; verso: [reverse image…
The Wake VIII
13. VIII; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” VIII; verso: rejected version
The Wake VII
11. VII; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” VII
The Wake VI
9. VI; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” VI
The Wake V
8. V; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” V
The Wake IX
14. IX; Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” IX; verso: rejected version
The Wake IV
7. IV; Lower right: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” IV
The Wake III
6. III; Lower left.: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” III; verso: rejected version
The Wake II
5. II; Lower left.: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” II
The Wake I
3. I: Lower left: McCahon ’58; margin below: John Caselberg, “The Wake” I; verso: rejected version
The Wake for Thor, Great Dane. John Caselberg.
1. Title; 1785 x 1265 mm; Inscribed: John Caselberg. The Wake for Thor, Great Dane; l.r.: McCahon ’58; centre right edge: Titirangi, 1957; verso: rejected version
The Wake for Thor : Panel 4
4. no text - kauri. Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 2
2: no text - landscape. Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 16
16. no text - kauri; Lower left.: McCahon ’58.
The Wake for Thor : Panel 15
15. no text - kauri
The Wake for Thor : Panel 12
12. no text - kauri; Lower left: McCahon ’58
The Wake for Thor : Panel 10
10. no text - kauri; Lower left: McCahon ’58
The voyage - second version.
Lower right (l.r.): Hotere Port Chalmers 75-76; through image: [various inscriptions] throughout
The curtain of Solomon.
Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.
The curtain of Solomon.
Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.
The Blessed Virgin compared to a jug of pure water and the infant Jesus to a lamp.
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…
Sun - love poem 2.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Drawing for a love poem by Warren Dibble Hotere ’65; through image in pencil: Let me live on your wrist. Hood me with a habit spun of your love and I shall fly, no hawk but an Icarus, to the darkness inside your sun.
Sun - love poem 1.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Drawing for a love poem by Warren Dibble Hotere ’65; through image in pencil: Let me live on your wrist. Hood me with a habit spun of your love and I shall fly, no hawk but an Icarus, to the darkness inside your sun.
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.