Open door, 1976
Record number
cm000948
Title
Open door
Series
Date
1976
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
paper
Dimensions
730 x 1104 mm
Inscriptions
OPEN DOOR C. McC 76 (brushpoint, b.l.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
The door is / always open | the / lights [sic] on in the hall
Exhibition history
1976 Recent Works by Colin McCahon
Peter McLeavey Gallery
Wellington
17/8/1976 - 3/9/1976
1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989
2002 Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002
Notes
The text is from the song Door is always open, composed by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee, and recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1975.