Nouns and verbs, 1969
Record number
cm000473
Title
Nouns and verbs
Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1460 x 552 mm (s)
Inscriptions
PARTS OF SPEECH : PETER HOOPER (brushpoint, b.l.); COLIN McCAHON AUG '21 '69 (brushpoint, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
NOUNS AND VERBS / ARE JOLLY IMPORTANT / REALLY I MEAN / THEY SAY / ALL THAT CAN BE SAID
GOD IS LOVE / HAS 2 NOUNS / AND A VERB / IT SORT OF / BALANCES / DOESN'T IT? / SAYS IT
MAYBE THAT'S / WHAT GOD DOES
GOD IS LOVE / HAS 2 NOUNS / AND A VERB / IT SORT OF / BALANCES / DOESN'T IT? / SAYS IT
MAYBE THAT'S / WHAT GOD DOES
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 'Parts of speech', from Journey towards an elegy and other poems (Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969).