• <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980
  • <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980
  • <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980
  • <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980
  • <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980
  • <em>The flight from Egypt</em>, 1980

The flight from Egypt, 1980

Record number
cm000247
Title

The flight from Egypt

Date
1980
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
6 sheets of paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 731 x 1104 mm
Inscriptions

1: 1 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: WHEN DO WE START. (b.l.-b.c.); C. McC. FEB '80 (b.r.)
2: 2 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: the Desert. (b.l.-b.c.); C. McC. FEB '80 (b.r.)
3: 3 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: a big tree offers shade. (b.l.-b.c.); C. McC. FEB '80 (b.r.)
4: 4 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: WHEN DO WE GET THERE (b.l.-b.c.); C. McC. FEB '80 (b.r.)
5: 5 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: I AM TIRED. (b.l.-b.c.); C. McC. FEB '80 (b.r.)
6: 6 (brushpoint, t.r.); the flight from Egypt: arrival: is THIS the PROMISED LAND - (b.l.-b.r.)

Exhibition history

1980 CSA Centennial Exhibition
CSA Gallery
Christchurch
6/9/1980 - 25/9/1980

1980 Colin McCahon New Works
Peter Webb Gallery
Auckland
18/2/1980 - 7/3/1980

1983 Colin McCahon: Singular Vision
Robert McDougall Art Gallery
Christchurch
16/2/1983 - 16/3/1983

1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989

1999 Toi Toi Toi: Drei Kunstlergenerationen aux Nueseeland
Museum Fridericianum
Kassel
23/1/1999 - 5/4/1999