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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…
Mount Arthur Range, Nelson.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: McCahon ’46; l.r. on mount in ink: The Mount Arthur Range, Nelson.
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…
Saddle Hill from Taieri Mouth.
32 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Colin McCahon - Saddle Hill watercolour c. 1937-38"
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-"
Ruby Bay.
07 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken LibraryMcCahon writes: "Left. Ruby Bay. c. 8 x 10 1/5 1936."
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.
Farewell Spit.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ballpoint pen: McCahon. ’48; in pencil: Farewell Spit; verso: Farewell Spit 1948 for ‘The Promised Land’ 44.
Taieri Mouth.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Taieri Mouth.
Brighton.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Brighton.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. For Hocken - view of Otago Harbour near Observatory. Follows first Peninsula painting.
Shows observatory & Ravensbourne Wharf.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Mount Charles.
l.l. in pencil: Mt Charles; l.r. in pencil: C. McCahon; verso: pen & ink sketch inscribed: Dark light.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Untitled.
Through image in pencil: [painting notes inscribed]; above image in pencil: [illeg inscription crossed out]; verso vertically in pencil: [illeg] from Psalms 1 25.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Untitled.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil vertically: Jan 1 1946; through image in pencil; [grid lines colour notes] concave; verso: [fragmentary sketch] landscape from Port Chalmers white.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. [from] Mount Charles.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: C. McCahon; l.l. in pencil: Mt Charles.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. For R. Kennedy landscape.
Below image c. in ink: For R. Kennedy landscape; l.r. in ink: McCahon; through image in pencil: concave.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Peninsula.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Peninsula McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Peninsula landscape.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Peninsular landscape; l.r. in ink: McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Peninsula landscape with Harbour Cone.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Peninsular landscape with Harbour Cone; l.r. in ink: McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Harbour Cone.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Harbour Cone, McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Harbour Cone, Observatory. Ravensbourne Wharf.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: McCahon í40; through in pencil: grid lines; verso in pencil: Harbour Cone, Observatory, Ravensbourne Wharf 45.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. For R. Kennedy landscape.
Upper right (u.r.) in pencil: for Rodney Kennedy’s landscape; c.r. in pencil: missing drawing from this sheet with R.N. O’Reilly; inscribed through image in blue & black ink: artist’s notes; verso: fragment of painting.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. From Portobello?
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: McCahon ’40; margin r. in pencil: from Portobello?; u.r.: [paper manufacturer’s printed inscription].
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Saddle Hill.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Saddle Hill. C. McCahon 1939.