Marge as the Virgin Mary in the Maitai Valley, 1947

Record number
cm000116
Title

Marge as the Virgin Mary in the Maitai Valley

Date
1947
Medium
pencil
Support
paper
Dimensions
250 x 310 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon '41 (pencil, b.l.); 'Marge' as the Virgin Mary / in the Matai Valley / 1941 (on reverse)

Credit line
purchased 1979
Accession number
1979/67/3
Exhibition history

1970 Kim Wright Collection
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
28/8/1970 - 11/9/1970

1975 McCahon 'Religious' Works 1946-1952
Manawatu Art Gallery
Palmerston North
3/1975 - 3/1975

1979 Colin McCahon: Religious Paintings and Drawings
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
4/1979 - 5/1979

Notes

McCahon appears to have retrospectively dated this work, probably for exhibition at Barry Lett Galleries in 1966.