Are there not twelve hours of daylight, 1970
| Record number | cm000011 |
| Title | Are there not twelve hours of daylight |
| Date | 1970 |
| Medium | synthetic polymer paint |
| Support | unstretched canvas |
| Dimensions | 2077 x 2580 mm |
| Inscriptions | McCAHON FEB 70 MURIWAI (brushpoint, b.r.) |
| Collection | Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki |
| Accession number | C1994/1/144 |
| Extended inscriptions |
Are there not twelve hours of DAYLIGHT Anyone can walk in daytime without stumbling because he sees the Light of THIS World. But if he walks after nightfall he stumbles because the Light fails him. |
| Exhibition history |
1970 Auckland: Colin McCahon: Recent Paintings: Victory Over Death, or, Practical Religion, Barry Lett Galleries, 2-15 March 1970, cat. no. 1. 1972 Wellington: [Paintings by Colin McCahon], Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, 6-24 March 1972, cat. no. 1, $1200. 1984 Sydney: Colin McCahon: I will need words (Satellite exhibition of the Biennale of Sydney), Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Sydney, 11 April-17 June 1984, cat. no 14. 1988 Auckland: Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys, Auckland City Art Gallery, 11 November 1988-26 February 1989, cat. no. V2. 1991 Hamilton: Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art and History, 14 July-25 August 1991, cat. no. 35. 1996 Amsterdam: Under Capricorn. The World Over. Art in the Age of Globalisation, Stedelijk Museum, 28 June-18 August 1996. 2002 Amsterdam: Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith, Stedelijk Museum, 30 August-10 November 2002. |
| Notes | The text is John 11:9-10, from the New English Bible. |