Jump E19: To Tomioka Tessai, 1974

Record number
cm000946
Title

Jump E19: To Tomioka Tessai

Series
Date
1974
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
unstretched jute canvas
Dimensions
926 x 590 mm
Inscriptions

TO TOMIKA [sic] TESSAI. (brushpoint, t.c.); C. McC. 74 (brushpoint, b.l.); (E19) (l.r.); 12 (on reverse)

Exhibition history

1974 Jumps and Comets: Related Events in My World
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
27/5/1974 - 7/6/1974

1977 McCahon's "Necessary Protection"
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
1/9/1977 - 25/9/1977

2002 Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002

Notes

Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) was a Meiji-period Japanese artist whose work McCahon encountered in the United States in 1958.