The King of the Jews, 1947
| Record number | cm001036 |
| Title | The King of the Jews |
| Date | 1947 |
| Medium | oil |
| Support | cardboard on hardboard |
| Dimensions | 635 x 520 mm |
| Inscriptions | McCahon / 47 (brushpoint, t.l.); |
| Collection | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington |
| Credit line | bequest of Ron O'Reilly, 1982 |
| Accession number | 1982-0065-1 |
| Extended inscriptions | This is / Jesus the / King of / the Jews (u.r.) |
| Exhibition history |
1947 Dunedin: Modern Books, July-August 1947. 1947 Christchurch: The Group Show—Retrospective exhibition 1927-1947, Art Gallery, Armagh Street, Christchurch, 3-13 November 1947, cat. no. 166, (as Jesus, King of the Jews), 21 gns. 1948 Wellington: Colin McCahon Exhibition of Paintings, Wellington Public Library, 2-21 February 1948, cat. no. 6 (as Jesus, King of the Jews), 20 gns. 1949 Wellington: McCahon—Woollaston Exhibition, The Gallery of Helen Hitchings, 30 July-5 August 1949 (as Jesus, King of the Jews), 20 gns. 1959 Auckland: Eight New Zealand Painters III, Auckland City Art Gallery, 16 October-? November 1959 (as King of the Jews). 1963 Auckland: A Retrospective Exhibition—Colin McCahon and M. T. Woollaston, Auckland City Art Gallery, 13 May-? June 1963, cat. no. 61. 1969 Wellington: Colin McCahon: A retrospective of paintings and watercolours from the collection of R. N. O'Reilly, Peter McLeavey Gallery, 18-29 August 1969, cat. no. 5 (as King of the Jews). 1970 Wellington: Exhibition lent by R. N. O'Reilly, Wellington, Victoria University Library, 10 August-6 September 1970 (as Jesus, King of the Jews). 1975 Palmerston North: McCahon: 'Religious' works 1946-1952, Manawatu Art Gallery, 24 March-? April 1975, cat. no. 6. 1982 New Plymouth: Stations of the Cross, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 11 March-20 April 1982, cat. no. 32. 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. 1. 1999 Kassel: Toi Toi Toi. Three Generations of Artists from New Zealand, Museum Fridericianum, 23 January-5 April 1999. 2002 Amsterdam: Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith, Stedelijk Museum, 30 August-10 November 2002. |