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Teraumai or the Mangles Valley.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Teraumai or the Mangles Valley; verso in pencil: 19; superimposed in ink: 21; on sketchbook mount in ink: The Teramea Plain. 1847. with Brunner; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox.…
Teraumai or Mangles Valley looking towards Martukituki or Buller.
Fox explored the area in February of 1846.
Temai at its junction with Teraumai.
Fox explored the area in February of 1846.
Te Whiti: The seagulls cry mournfully over Tapu-te-Rangi.
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…
Te tangi o te pipiwhararua. (The song of the shining cuckoo) from a poem by Tangirau Hotere.
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…
Taieri Mouth.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: Colin McCahon; verso: Taieri Mouth.
Tahunanui, Nelson.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush in red paint: G.P. [ligated, vertical] Nerli; label: St Clair Beach, Dunedin, N.Z. [undated press clipping about Nerli]; label: Fisher & Son, Christchurch; label: 146 with brush: D. Lusk ’47; verso with brush:…
Swan Lake, stage design 2.
Verso each pair in pencil: A B C D [respectively].
Survey Station on a bend of the Molineux. Otago.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Survey Station on a bend of the Molineux. Otago. 1850 WF [monogram]; verso: 42 36; on sketchbook mount: On the Molyneux, Otago; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William Fox…
Sugar Loaves. Near Taranaki.
On sketchbook mount in indian ink superimposed over iron gall ink: The Sugar Loaves near Taranaki 1856 Marsland Hill. S. Mary’s Church. Paritutu. Mikotahi. Moturoa & Motumahanga; labels in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Sir WM Fox. New Plymouth; on…
Study of a negro.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: NH 95 [monogram]; verso: NH 95 [monogram]
Street scene.
Subject once thought to be a view in Dunedin, but now thought, by Margaret Taylor, to be a street in Ballarat, Australia. Title taken from work exhibited in the New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition Dunedin, 1889-90. panel is from cigar box.
Still life for the play Professor Mamlock.
13 in The Jack & Ethel McCahon gift to the Hocken Library. McCahon writes: "Still life. oil Sgd & dated Colin McCahon 1940 [sic] in mount 28 x 30 1/2. Note by R.N. O’Reilly on back of photograph. 'Professor Mamlock however was performed about…
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 3 scen 7 Homecoming; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 14
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 3 Scene 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, The Witnesses; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 13; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 3 Scene 1 On shipboard; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 12
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 2 Scen 4 The Emperor of Self; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 11; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Scene 3 Solveig’s song; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 10; l.l. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 2 Scen 2 Anitra, a tent in the desert Peer Gynt; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 9; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 2 Scene 1 Morocco; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 8; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Act 1, Scene 8 The death of Aase; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 7; l.l. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scen 6 The Casting Ladle; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 5; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scene 5, The Troll King; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 4; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]
Stage designs for Peer Gynt. Series 3.
Upper left (u.l.) in ballpoint pen: Peer Gynt Act 1, Scene 3 The Search and Scene 4, The Woman in Green; u.r. in ballpoint pen: 3; l.c. in ballpoint pen: [stage directions]