Poetry isn't my words, 1969

Record number
cm000864
Title
Poetry isn't my words
Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1598 x 553 mm
Inscriptions
Colin McCahon Sept. 25. '69 / Peter Hooper on a poster! (pencil, b.r.); Peter Hooper: Poetry is for Peasants / Journey towards an elegy. Nags head Press (Chch.) (pencil, u.r.)
Extended inscriptions
Colin McCahon / Some written / Paintings (1969).
Poetry / isn't my words / it's in the direction / I'm pointing / if you can't / understand that / and if you're appalled / at the journey / stick to the / guided tours
they issue return / tickets.
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 'Poetry is for peasants', from Journey towards an elegy and other poems (Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969).