<em>Christ as a Lamp</em>, 1947
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Christ as a Lamp, 1947

Record number
cm000628
Title

Christ as a Lamp

Date
c. 1947 - 1949
Medium
oil
Support
board
Dimensions
648 x 520 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon (brushpoint, t.r.); Colin McCahon / c/- Art Gallery / Auckland / 'Christ as a lamp' / oil 50 gns (on reverse)

Credit line
on loan from a private collection
Accession number
L1998/28/2
Exhibition history

1952 A Selection of Paintings by Colin McCahon
Staffroom, Canterbury University College
Christchurch
1952 - 1952

1969 McCahon's McCahon's 1943-1963
Moller's Gallery
Auckland
10/3/1969 - 28/3/1969

1975 McCahon 'Religious' Works 1946-1952
Manawatu Art Gallery
Palmerston North
3/1975 - 3/1975

1995 Candles in a Dark Room: James K Baxter and Colin McCahon
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/1995 - 25/10/1996

2001 Jesus the Man: Colin McCahon's Vision of a Saviour
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
20/10/2001 - 3/2/2002

2004 McCahon's Visible Mysteries
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
6/11/2004 - 22/5/2005

2007 Likeness & Character: Portraits From the Auckland Art Gallery Collection
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
7/10/2007 - 20/4/2008

Notes

Although McCahon later gave a 1947 date to this work, both its style and symbolism suggest a date of 1948 or 1949.