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Kelp, low tide.
11 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Kelp. Low tide. watercolour. Signed l. left. C McCahon 7" x 8 1/5"".
Tags: Aquatic Plants, Image, Kelps, Still Image, Watercolors, Works of Art
Kauri.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: McCahon ’54; l.c. in pencil: 5/55.
Tags: Image, kauri, Lithographs, Nineteen fifties, Prints, Relief prints, Still Image, Trees, Works of Art
Kauri trees.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: McCahon April 54; verso in ballpoint: [framing instructions].
Kauri
Lower right (l.r.) in pen & ink: McCahon ’59 April. Kauri
Kaipara Flat.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Colin McCahon August ’71; l.r. in pencil: Kaipara Flat; papermakers chop: Steinbach Malmedy.
John in Canterbury.
Lower centre (l.c.) with brush: McCahon August ’59; u.l. - c.r. with brush: God, it is all dark. The heart beat but there is no answering hark of a hearer and no-one to speak; l.r. with brush: John in Canterbury; verso: Colin McCahon No 36 August…
James K. Baxter Festival 1973.
Inscribed throughout on plate.
I am.
Lower right (l.r.): McCahon Feb ’54; on backing: C. McCahon I Am C.O.B.; on front of frame: 79.
Hoeing tobacco.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Hoeing tobacco.
Harbour Cone from Peggy’s Hill.
09 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Otago Peninsula oil 28 x 48. Signed lower right. Colin McCahon 1939".
Greetings to Mondrian's Chrysanthemum of 1908. Kaipara Flat.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Greetings to Mondrian’s Chrysanthemum of 1908; l.r. in pencil: Colin McCahon August 1971 Kaipara Flat; papermakers chop: Steinbach Malmedy; label: Mollers Gallery.
Gay Nineties Soirée. Dunedin Left Book Club, Saturday Nov. 18. 1938.
Through image with brush: Gay Nineties Soirée. Dunedin Left Book Club, Saturday Nov. 18.
Tags: Advertising, Design, Gouaches, Image, Nineteen thirties, posters, Still Image, Works of Art
From the north end of Tomahawk Beach.
12 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Landscape from North end of Tomahawk beach, Dunedin. 9 3/4 x 11 1/2. watercolour. Signal hill in distance. These two date mid 30s - the bottom one I like-"
French Bay - night fishing.
Two editions of 30; one on white paper, one on blue. Ron Brownson suggested title: Night Fishing French Bay.
Flower study.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: C.McC.
Tags: Gouaches, Image, Nineteen thirties, Still Image, Works of Art
Figure and cross.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: for Rodney, one of the drawings for your painting. McCahon
Tags: Drawings, Image, Nineteen forties, Pencil works, Still Image, Works of Art
Fifteen drawings.
A.cover: 15 drawings Colin McCahon December ’51 to May ’52; title page: for Charles Brasch from Colin McCahon 1952; b. The cup; c. This is a cold land; d. Light candles against the oncoming dark; f. The word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.…
Festival Ballet for the Art Gallery.
Lower left (l.l.) with chalk: McCahon 55; u.l. in chalk: Festival Ballet for the Art Gallery; verso in chalk: [plan of stage]
Farewell Spit.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ballpoint pen: McCahon. ’48; in pencil: Farewell Spit; verso: Farewell Spit 1948 for ‘The Promised Land’ 44.
Tags: Coasts, Drawings, Image, Landscape, Pen works, Still Image, Works of Art
Easter landscape with the three falls and an epilogue.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon Jan 1968; u.c. in pencil: Easter landscape with the three falls & an epilogue; inscribed through image: [colour notes]
Dunedin Summer Show at Tahuna Park.
04 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "on left. Dunedin Summer Show at Tahuna Park. Unsigned - undated but c 1935-6. Tempera c. 11 x 14".
Drawing.
Lower right (l.r.) in chalk: C.M. ’61.
Drawing of Rodney Kennedy.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Portrait of R. Kennedy. C. McCahon 1940; l.r. in REK's hand: R. Kennedy; verso: C McCahon Drawing of RE Kennedy 1/-
Tags: Drawings, Image, Nineteen forties, Pen works, Portraits, Still Image, Works of Art
Drawing for Landscape Theme and Variation.
Verso in red ballpoint pen: McC 41; verso in black ballpoint: 44b; on accompanying card in blue felt pen (McCahon’s hand): Colin McCahon, oil on paper. Drawing for “Landscape Theme & Variation” 1962-63. (This side to face the auctioneer.) My…
Tags: Brush works, Drawings, Image, Landscape, Nineteen sixties, Still Image, Works of Art
Drawing for ‘Dear Wee June’. In loving memory of Our Dear Wee June who fell asleep… 1945.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Drawing for Dear Wee June McCahon; u.r. in pencil: Dec 27 1945 [Variously inscribed throughout]; on attached paper in pencil: This is from the Port Chalmers Cemetery looking at the Harbour mouth. The final painting was…