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Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].

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Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Taieri Mouth.

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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…

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed throughout.

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; l.c. in pencil: To be hung like this.

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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].

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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…

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Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.

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Originally three panels, the centre one apparently destroyed by the artist after CSA exhibition.

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Margin u.l. in ballpoint pen: This drawing is the property of Colin McCahon. Please return; in carbon on image: James K. Baxter, The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady; in margin in ballpoint pen: no 1; margin around image: [instructions to…

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Margin below image c. in ballpoint pen: C.McC.; in carbon on image: James K. Baxter, The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady; in margin above image in ballpoint pen: no 2 [and printing instructions including note that artist wants art work returned…

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Lower right (l.r.) in ink: McCahon ’47; l.r. on card: N.F.S.

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10 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Untitled but North Otago. gouache 20 x 28 Signed etc McCahon 51 lower left. There are a number of these. The best (an oil) owned by Miss Jean Horsley, now in England. The…

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Lower left (l.l.): McCahon May ’ 57, Aug Sept 1, Titirangi; l.r. Winter.

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Lower left (l.l.): [title]; l.r.: McCahon Jan 54

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Upper right (u.r.) in capitals: McCahon Jan ’65.

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Verso with brush: Truth from the King Country. Load bearing structures. 4 3rd Series. Colin McC ’78 Acrylic.

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Centre (c.) in ink: oil, Maitai Valley landscape. Not for sale. C. McCahon; u.l. in pencil: 2… BW dk cream close up no glass, Mr Brasch, 11a Smith St; verso original card: [oil painting Maitai Valley landscape, acc. 20,922 also titled Nelson Hills…

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Verso in pencil: This way up. Colin McCahon; verso in pencil in different hand: Art School period.

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Margin below image r. in pencil: Colin McCahon 73; through image in red chalk: Me [arrow]

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Lower right (l.r.) in ballpoint pen: McCahon Dec 64.

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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,…

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(1.:) l.c.: title, Colin McCahon. August 20-21, 70; u.c.: upper frame; glazier’s instructions inscribed throughout; verso on unattached card backing: Colin McCahon, title, To be hung over no 2. (2.:) l.c.: title, actual size, lower panel, Colin…
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