Are there not twelve hours of darkness, 1969
Record number
cm000442
Title
Are there not twelve hours of darkness
Date
1969
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
597 x 594 mm (s)
Inscriptions
Colin McCahon 2. 7. 69. (brushpoint, b.l.); THERE WAS A MAN NAMED LAZARUS WHO HAD FALLEN ILL. (brushpoint, b.c.); FOR [dedication] (brushpoint, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
Are there not twelve hours of
Darkness?
Are there not twelve hours
of daylight? LET US GO BACK TO JUDAEA [sic]
Anyone can walk
TAKE AWAY
THE STONE
in daytime without stumbling
because he sees the light of this
World. But if he walk
After night-
-fall he stumbles
because the light
fails him.
Darkness?
Are there not twelve hours
of daylight? LET US GO BACK TO JUDAEA [sic]
Anyone can walk
TAKE AWAY
THE STONE
in daytime without stumbling
because he sees the light of this
World. But if he walk
After night-
-fall he stumbles
because the light
fails him.
Notes
The text is from John 11:9-10, from the New English Bible, although the phrase 'Are there not twelve hours of darkness?' appears to be of McCahon's invention.