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Dear Wee June.
Lower right (l.r.): McCahon Jan ’48; through image: In loving memory of dear wee June who fell asleep 12th March 1935 aged 4 years and 9 months. Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven; verso stretcher: [hanging instructions, title] cat no 27.
Dark Trees, Dunedin.
Signed l.r.: Colin McCahon.
D’Urville Island from Ruby Bay. (2).
Margin above image u.l. - u.r. in pencil: D’Urville Island from Ruby Bay 1945; u.r. in pencil: Colin McCahon; l.r. in crayon: McCahon.
D’Urville Island from Ruby Bay. (1).
22 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Colin McCahon. on left. Durville island taken from Ruby bay. initialled C.M. lower l. c. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. crayon".
Crucifixion.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: McCahon … [date illeg]; through image with brush: I.N.R.I.
Crucifixion.
Frequently exhibited with variant title, Crucifixion with lamp 1947.
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
Photomechanical copy of theatre programme for which the original sketch is not extant.
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.
Upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.
Cover designs for Peer Gynt.
Inverted lower right with brush: McCahon; upper centre with brush: Peer Gynt; lower centre with brush: by Henrik Ibsen.
Composition.
Incised l.r.: Colin McCahon; verso in pencil: Composition Colin McCahon, ink, oil & watercolour on cardboard with varnish in the possession of Rodney Kennedy Esq painted in 1938.
Chair.
06 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Old chair. oil c 32 x 25 Undated but c. 1939. The actual chair eventually became the property of M.T. Woollaston when we left Mapua. Was bought at the famous second hand shop…
Catherine Anne McCahon, 6 weeks old today, thursday, may 17.
16 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Catherine Anne McCahon, 6 weeks old today, Thursday, May 17 Blue Black ink drawing. Signed Colin McCahon. 7" x 5""
Brighton.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Brighton.
Abstract: print no. 4.
G.H. Brown writes: McCahon described this work to me as 'a sort of Gate', & laughingly said that the title could be Abstract: Gate, but whether that is accurate enough to use as a generic title for the complete set, to which this work belongs, seems…
A piece of Muriwai canvas - Wall of death.
Upper centre (u.c.): A piece of Muriwai canvas; c.: Wall of death.
4YA Highcliff, Otago Peninsula.
05 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "on right. 4YA. Highcliffe [sic] Otago Peninsular [sic] c. 9 x 11 1/2. (Varnished with theatrical spirit gum (for sliding on boards etc) C.McC" Dated by Luit Bieringa.
