I think if we all kept quiet for a while, 1969
Record number
cm000450
Title
I think if we all kept quiet for a while
Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1554 x 553 mm (s)
Inscriptions
Listen: Peter Hooper. (conté crayon, b.l.); Colin McCahon Aug 26- '69 (conté crayon, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
I THINK IF WE / ALL KEPT QUIET / FOR A WHILE
WE MIGHT HEAR / SOMETHING
A CHILD WHIMPER / A BEE TUMBLE A / BLOSSOM
OR EVEN AT / EARLY DAWN / THE COCK CROW / THRICE
WE MIGHT HEAR / SOMETHING
A CHILD WHIMPER / A BEE TUMBLE A / BLOSSOM
OR EVEN AT / EARLY DAWN / THE COCK CROW / THRICE
Exhibition history
1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969
Notes
The text is from Peter Hooper's poem 'Listen', from Journey towards an elegy and other poems (Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969).