Drawing for James K. Baxter's 'The Wild Bees', 1949

Drawing for James K. Baxter's 'The Wild Bees'

C. McC (pen and ink, l.r.); Dec 17. 71 This drawing can be dated by looking through the back copies of Landfall for J. K. Baxter's The Wild Bees it was made for that and never used. So here it is a visual thing with a literary background. / Greetings Colin & Anne (on reverse)

James K Baxter's 'The Wild Bees' was published in Landfall 13 vol. 4, no. 1 (March 1950). McCahon submitted this drawing to accompany Baxter's poem but the editor Charles Brasch declined to use it.