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Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Peninsula landscape.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: Peninsular landscape, McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Drawing for the Fleischl picture.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: McCahon; c.l. in pencil: Peninsula. Little Harbour Cone & sandspit across Papanui Inlet; l.r. in pencil: drawing for the Fleischl picture.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Mount Charles.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Mount Charles C. McCahon 1940 [paper manufacturer’s printed inscription].
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. 4YA. 4ZB. Highcliff.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: 4YA. 4ZB Highcliff; l.r. in ink: McCahon.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula. Peninsula landscape with lamp.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink: Peninsular landscape with lamp. McCahon; verso: indian ink sketch.
Working drawings for three paintings of the Otago Peninsula.
Shows observatory and Ravensbourne wharf.
Trees, Port Hills.
Lower right (l.r.) in ballpoint pen: D. Lusk 1969
Map of Auckland Isthmus & Harbour.
Verso in ink: [place names] 47 [title]
Tuawaike’s house, Roubouki. May 14 1844.
Lower centre (l.c.) - l.r. in pencil: Tuawaike’s house, Roubouki May 1844; u.c. - u.r. in iron gall ink: 7 Tuawaki’s house Ruabieki May 14 1844; verso: Jacob’s R. NW by W Dist 18 m. Sandy beach all the way. Distant snowy mountains. Rocks.…
Otago. May 1 1844.
Lower centre (l.c.)in pencil: Otago May 1 1844; u.c. in iron gall ink: 5 Otago May 1 1844; verso: [sketch titled] New River
Mouth of Otago, from the Settlement. May 1 1844.
Upper centre (u.c.) - u.r. of b in pencil: Mouth of Otago - from the Settlement May 1/44; u.c. of b in blue-black ink: 9 Entrance to Otago harbour - May 1 1844; verso a in pencil: Entrance to Otago Ap.l 1844
Upper portion of Port Cooper from hills behind Rapaki. April 1844
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Upper portion of Port Cooper from hills behind Rapaki. April 1844. Hills over which road might be formed to Great Plain. Gt plain; verso: [94/271]
Mr Tuckett’s house, Nelson. November 9 1843.
Lower centre (l.c.) - l.r. in pencil: Mr Tucketts house Nelson Nov 9 1843; u.r. in pencil: 7; l.c. - l.r. in umber ink: Mr Tucketts house Nelson Nov 9 1843; verso in pencil: [unfinished sketch of tree]
Part of Queen Charlotte Sound. April 19 1843.
Lower right (l.r.) of a in pencil: P.t of Queen Charlottes Sound (E side near bottom); u.r. of a in iron gall ink: Queen Ch…; verso a: [94/243]; l.l. on b in pencil: Ap.l 19 1843; u.l. of b in iron gall ink: …arlottes Sound April 19 1843; u.r. of…
Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: G.O’Brien 1865; l.c. in pencil: Dunedin Harbour from the Caversham Rise; l.r. in ink: T.M. Hocken; through image in pencil: [location & colour notes, gridlines]; verso: [sketch of Dunedin from the South].
Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring, wild the yellowhammers sing. Wild the roaring of the sea, wilder still the blood in me.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Colin McCahon For my friend Pat France, Feb 1970. Poem by John Caselberg No 1 of six on van Gogh, the other five of which I hope you will love as much. Colin; through image in chalk: Wild the hedgerows, wild the spring,…
Drawing for Landscape Theme and Variation.
Verso in red ballpoint pen: McC 41; verso in black ballpoint: 44b; on accompanying card in blue felt pen (McCahon’s hand): Colin McCahon, oil on paper. Drawing for “Landscape Theme & Variation” 1962-63. (This side to face the auctioneer.) My…
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…
Sketch for Window.
McCahon felt that the design was: 'a bit too easy'. McCahon gave this sketch to Brown when helping him in his Crummer Road studio during 1979.
Drawing for Ian Wedde
Lower centre (l.c.) - lower right (l.r.) in ink: Drawing for Ian Wedde
Working drawing for Malady.
Margin below image lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Wont work; margin below image c. - r. in ballpoint pen: Working drawing for Malady Hotere '70
Working drawing for Malady.
Lower left (l.l.) in ballpoint pen: Working drawing for Malady; l.r. in ballpoint pen: Hotere ’70
Working drawing for Malady.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ballpoint pen: Drawing for Malady series Hotere 6-70
Working drawing for Malady.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ballpoint pen: Drawing for Malady; l.r. in ballpoint pen: Hotere ’70
Working drawing for Malady.
Lower right (l.r.) in ballpoint pen: Drawing for Malady Hotere ’70