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Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed throughout.
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; l.c. in pencil: To be hung like this.
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; u.c. in pencil: As I pass the border, how can I forbear from turning back my head, Hsu Lan [jottings throughout].
A piece of Muriwai canvas - Wall of death.
Upper centre (u.c.): A piece of Muriwai canvas; c.: Wall of death.
Sketch plan relating to festival of Baxter’s plays in Wellington.
Inscribed throughout. Verso reproductions of paintings.
Swan Lake, stage design 2.
Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].
Te tangi o te pipiwhararua. (The song of the shining cuckoo) from a poem by Tangirau Hotere.
This is one of McCahon's major works of the mid-1970s, along with the Urewera Mural, the Blind series, and the Parihaka Triptych. It has several motivations and triggers. The primary one is the shining cuckoo's song, spoken of in a Maori poem passed…
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956.
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon, 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: Final version; u.l. in charcoal: The Glass Menagerie; verso in pencil & red ballpoint pen: [production memoranda]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: A gentleman calls; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie; l.r. in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon 1956; verso in pencil: door [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956; verso: [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; through image in ballpoint pen: [various inscriptions]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie 1956; u.c. in ballpoint pen: Cyclorama [variously inscribed throughout]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; verso: [unfinished sketch]
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
Inverted lower right with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
Upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
inverted lower left with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen; verso: [pencil & watercolour landscape sketch]
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
Photomechanical copy of theatre programme for which the original sketch is not extant.
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 01.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 1 Scene 1, Mother & Son; l.r. in pencil: 1
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 02.
Upper centre (u.c.) in ballpoint pen: Act 1 Scene 2 Wedding day; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 2; verso: [unfinished sketch]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 03.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: Act 2 Scene 1 The Search and Act 2 Scene 2, The Green Woman; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [colour notes]; l.r. in pencil: 3
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 04.
Upper left (u.l.) in black crayon: Act 2 Scene 3, Troll King; l.r in ballpoint pen: 4
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 05.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 3 Scene 1, The Casting Ladle; l.r. in pencil: 5
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 06.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 3 Scene 2, The Parting; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 6
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 07.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Act 3 Scene 3, Death of Aase; l.r. in pencil: 7