Centre right (c.r.) in ballpoint pen: Broad ledge- exit Oedipus, Antigone entrance 2 women citizens - 1st scene; verso: [stage set crossed out] Oedipus
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…
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…
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].
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Hotere ’72; l.c. in ink: The seagulls cry mournfully over Tapu-te-Rangi from John White vol III p. 50; through image in ink: Te Karoro tangi tararau i runga o tapu te rangi; verso in ink: John White vol III p. 50 Te…
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Cl 71; l.r. in ink: Portrait of the washbasin with blood; on mount: Study for portrait of the washbasin with blood. May 1971. P. Clairmont