Angels and bed no. 2, 1976
Record number
cm000085
Title
Angels and bed no. 2
Series
Date
1976
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
paper
Dimensions
730 x 1103 mm
Inscriptions
ANGELS & BED, COLIN. '76 B (brushpoint, b.l.); FOR WALTER. (brushpoint, b.r.)
Collection
Credit line
gift of Mrs Lore Auburn, 1981
Accession number
1981/13
Exhibition history
1976 Recent Works by Colin McCahon
Peter McLeavey Gallery
Wellington
17/8/1976 - 3/9/1976
1977 McCahon Angels and Bed
Peter Webb Gallery
Auckland
8/8/1977 - 19/8/1977
Notes
McCahon's friend Dr Walter Auburn was for many years honorary curator of prints at Auckland Art Gallery. Like Rodney Kennedy, to whom the first work in the 'Angels and bed' series was dedicated, it was an illness that prompted this painting.