<em>All mortals are like grass</em>, 1969
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All mortals are like grass, 1969

Record number
cm000067
Title

All mortals are like grass

Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1589 x 555 mm
Inscriptions

1 Peter 2. The Calling of the Christian (conté crayon, b.l.); McCahon 18. 9. 69 (conté crayon, b.r.)

Credit line
on loan from a private collection
Accession number
L1998/28/28
Extended inscriptions

All mortals are / like grass / All their splendour / like the flower of the / field; / The grass withers, / the flower falls: / But the word of / the Lord endures / for evermore.

Exhibition history

1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969

Notes

The text is 1 Peter 1:24-25 (not 1 Peter 2 as inscribed), from the New English Bible.