The Promised Land, 1948

Record number
cm000668
Title

The Promised Land

Date
1948
Medium
oil
Support
canvas
Dimensions
920 x 1370 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon / Feb Aug '48 (brushpoint, t.l.); The Promised Land (brushpoint, t.c.-u.c)

Credit line
gift of the McCahon Family, 1988
Accession number
1989/51/1
Exhibition history

1948 Colin McCahon: Exhibition of Paintings
Wellington Public Library
Wellington
2/2/1948 - 21/2/1948

1948 An Exhibition of Paintings from July 1947 to September 1948 by Colin McCahon
Dunedin Public Library
Dunedin
16/9/1948 - 1948

1949 [McCahon and Woollaston]
Modern Productions Ltd.
Auckland
13/8/1949 - 30/8/1949

1969 McCahon's McCahon's 1943-1963
Moller's Gallery
Auckland
10/3/1969 - 28/3/1969

1975 McCahon 'Religious' Works 1946-1952
Manawatu Art Gallery
Palmerston North
3/1975 - 3/1975

1978 Colin McCahon: Numerals and Stations, Landsapes and Religious Subjects
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
6/11/1978 - 4/12/1978

1984 I will need words: Colin McCahon's Word and Number Paintings
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Sydney
Sydney
11/4/1984 - 17/6/1984

1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989

1992 Colin McCahon: an exhibition of his work selected by William McCahon
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
1/3/1992 - 30/3/1992

2001 Answering Hark: Caselberg/McCahon: Poet/Painter
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
17/3/2001 - 20/5/2001

2002 Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002

2004 McCahon's Visible Mysteries
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
6/11/2004 - 22/5/2005