Waterfall with overhanging red rock, 1964
Record number
cm000586
Title
Waterfall with overhanging red rock
Series
Date
1964
Medium
enamel
Support
plywood
Dimensions
1361 x 903 mm (s)
Inscriptions
WATERFALL WITH OVERHANGING RED ROCK / McCAHON AUGUST. 1964 (brushpoint, b.l.); C. McCAHON 'W / FALL with O / hanging Rd ROCK' 1964 (37) (on reverse); c.55.5 (on reverse, Ikon Fine Arts code)
Collection
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1979/36/1
Exhibition history
1964 Colin McCahon: Small Landscapes and Waterfalls
Ikon Fine Arts
Auckland
14/9/1964 - 25/9/1964
1970 Kim Wright Collection
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
28/8/1970 - 11/9/1970
1974 The Kim Wright Collection of New Zealand Painting
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
5/1974 - 6/1974
Notes
During this period, McCahon was experimenting with a number of commercial oil and water-based paints. In some cases, he mixed these with artists' oil colours. The exact nature of the medium can be difficult to determine.