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- Collection: Works by Colin McCahon
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Saddle Hill from Taieri Mouth.
32 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Colin McCahon - Saddle Hill watercolour c. 1937-38"
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.
Sketch for landscape from Flagstaff.
03 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Below. From Flagstaff - (Taieri Plain oil 1942. c 15 x 22".
Sketch for Window.
McCahon felt that the design was: 'a bit too easy'. McCahon gave this sketch to Brown when helping him in his Crummer Road studio during 1979.
Sketch of Ruby Bay house.
Titled by donor.
Sketch plan relating to festival of Baxter’s plays in Wellington.
Inscribed throughout. Verso reproductions of paintings.
Stage designs for [The Thieves Carnival, by Jean Anouilh] Act 1.
Lower right (l.r.) in red ballpoint pen: Act 1; verso: pencil drawing.
Stage designs for [The Thieves Carnival, by Jean Anouilh] Act 2.
Lower right (l.r.) in red ballpoint pen: Act 2.
Stage designs for [The Thieves Carnival, by Jean Anouilh] Act 3.
Lower right (l.r.) in red ballpoint pen: Act 3; verso: ballpoint pen drawing.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: To open & close, house lights on.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Lower left (l.l.) in black crayon: McCahon; in ballpoint pen: 1955; u.r. in ballpoint pen: Ar. Gall.y Ballet; u.r. in pencil obscured: [staging instructions].
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in ballpoint pen: Art Gall.y Ballet 1955; u.r. in pencil: romantic ballet; l.l. in black crayon: McCahon.
Stage designs for Art Gallery Ballet.
Upper right (u.r.) in ballpoint pen: Stage designs for Art Gal.y Ballet 1955; u.r. in pencil: Gall.y Ballet.
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
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 08.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 4 Scenes 1 & 2, Morocco & Wrecked; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 8
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 09.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 4 Scene 4 [erased] 3, Anita; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 9 10 [erased]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 10.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 4 Scene 4 , Solveig’s song; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 10 [various other numbers crossed out].
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 11.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 4 Scene 5, Emperor of Guelf; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 11; verso: [defaced version of Act 3 Scene 2 The parting]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 1. 12.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 5 Scene A, Homecoming; l.r. in ballpoint pen: 12; verso: [defaced version of Act 5 Scene 2]