Poetry isn't in my words, 1969
Record number
cm000075
Title
Poetry isn't in my words
Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1591 x 553 mm
Inscriptions
McC. 19. 9. 69 (conté crayon, b.r.)
Collection
Credit line
on loan from a Private Collection
Accession number
L1998/28/44
Extended inscriptions
Peter Hooper: 'Poetry / is for Peasants.'
Poetry / isn't in my words / it's in the direction / I'm pointing / if you can't / understand that / and if you're appalled / at the Journey / stick to the / guided tours
they issue return / tickets.
Exhibition history
1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969
2001 Colin McCahon: A Time for Messages
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne
2/2/2001 - 13/5/2001
Notes
The text is from Peter Hooper's poem 'Poetry is for peasants', from Journey towards an elegy and other poems (Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969).