<em>These paintings, all in the best quality materials</em>, 1969
View large

These paintings, all in the best quality materials, 1969

Record number
cm000074
Title

These paintings, all in the best quality materials

Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1560 x 555 mm
Credit line
on loan from a private collection
Accession number
L1998/28/48
Extended inscriptions

These paintings / (all in the best quality materials / -guaranteed to last) are based / on
1. The Tail of the fish / Matire Kereama. / Published privately Distribution / Oswald-Seally (N.Z.) Ltd Auckland / THIS IS A VERY GOOD / BOOK INDEED
2. JOURNEY TOWARDS / AN ELEGY & other poems / Peter Hooper - [illegible] / [illegible] Edition Nags Head Press / Chch [illegible] / LIMITED EDITION / (TOO LATE AUCKLAND)
3. The NEW ENGLISH / BIBLE / NEW TESTAMENT / OXFORD 1961.
4. I PRAY THE MASS / THE NEW SUNDAY MISSAL
[illegible]

Exhibition history

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

Notes

This is an introductory panel for the 'Written paintings and drawings' series, noting the sources of McCahon's texts.