<em>On building bridges (triptych)</em>, 1952
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On building bridges (triptych), 1952

Record number
cm000010
Title

On building bridges (triptych)

Date
1952
Medium
oil
Support
3 hardboard panels
Dimensions
1067 x 2745 mm
Inscriptions

1: ON BUILDING BRIDGES / McCahon July - Sept '52 (incised, b.l.)
2: McCahon Aug-Sept '52 (brushpoint, b.l.)
3: McCahon Aug-Sept '52 (brushpoint, b.l.)

Credit line
purchased 1958
Accession number
1958/22
Exhibition history

1952 The [52] Group Show
Durham Street Art Gallery
Christchurch
25/10/1952 - 9/11/1952

1955 Unit 2 Group: Nicholson, Henderson, McCahon, Jackson, Hope
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
1/11/1955 - 13/11/1955

1963 A Retrospective Exhibition: M. T. Woollaston - Colin McCahon
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
20/5/1963 - 4/6/1963

1972 Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/3/1972 - 23/4/1972

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

2006 Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
12/8/2006 - 25/3/2007

Notes

This work was begun in 1951 as Paddocks for sheep but was radically changed after McCahon's trip to Melbourne.