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Portrait of Rodney Kennedy.
l.l. in pencil: C.McCahon; l.r. in pencil: Portrait of Rodney Kennedy. 1939; verso in pencil: 1/-
Marge in the Maitai Valley, Nelson.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: McCahon ’47; verso in pencil: Marge in the Maitai Valley, Nelson.
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.
Otago Peninsula landscapes - two drawings. 2.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Otago Peninsula landscapes. Colin McCahon; through image in pencil: [gridlines]; on mount: Rodney, I promised you these quite some time ago as they really belong with your painting. I don’t think they are of particular…
Otago Peninsula landscapes - two drawings. 1.
Margin u.r. in pencil: 1947; margin l.r. in pencil: Colin McCahon; on mount: Rodney, I promised you these quite some time ago as they really belong with your painting. I don’t think they are of particular value as works of art but possibly are of…
Paintings by Colin McCahon - poster with text from the [New Zealand Listener], March 5 1948.
Originally used for the 1947 exhibition in Dunedin, but presumably modified with Listener text for the 1948 exhibition in the Wellington Public Library.
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]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 2. b.
Inscribed throughout: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 2. a.
Inscribed throughout: [stage directions]
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.
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; verso: [unfinished sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie 1956; u.c. in ballpoint pen: Cyclorama [variously inscribed throughout]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menageries 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon; through image in ballpoint pen: [various inscriptions]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956; verso: [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: A gentleman calls; l.c. in ballpoint pen: The Glass Menagerie; l.r. in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon 1956; verso in pencil: door [unfinished pencil sketch]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C. McCahon, 1956; l.c. in ballpoint pen: Final version; u.l. in charcoal: The Glass Menagerie; verso in pencil & red ballpoint pen: [production memoranda]
Stage designs for The Glass Menagerie.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: C.McCahon The Glass Menagerie 1956.
A piece of Muriwai canvas - Wall of death.
Upper centre (u.c.): A piece of Muriwai canvas; c.: Wall of death.
Te Whiti.
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].
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; l.c. in pencil: To be hung like this.
Te Whiti.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: C.McC; u.l. in pencil: Te Whiti; inscribed throughout.
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".