Parts of speech, 1969
Record number
cm000128
Title
Parts of speech
Date
1969
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
paper
Dimensions
1495 x 553 mm (s)
Inscriptions
"Parts of Speech" Peter Hooper (brushpoint, b.l.); Colin McCahon Aug 21 '69 (brushpoint, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
NOUNS AND VERBS / ARE JOLLY IMPORTANT / REALLY I MEAN / THEY SAY / ALL THAT CAN BE / SAID
GOD IS LOVE / HAS 2 NOUNS / AND A VERB / IT SORT OF / BALANCES / DOESN'T IT? / SAYS IT
MAYBE THAT'S / WHAT GOD DOES
GOD IS LOVE / HAS 2 NOUNS / AND A VERB / IT SORT OF / BALANCES / DOESN'T IT? / SAYS IT
MAYBE THAT'S / WHAT GOD DOES
Exhibition history
1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969
2002 Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002
Notes
The text is from Peter Hooper's poem 'Parts of speech', from Journey towards an elegy and other poems (Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969).