In my own village, 1971
Record number
cm000982
Title
In my own village
Date
1971
Medium
charcoal
Support
paper
Dimensions
355 x 270 mm
Inscriptions
Caselberg (pencil, b.l.); McCahon '71 (pencil, b.c.)
Accession number
83/11
Extended inscriptions
IN MY OWN VILLAGE
I THINK THERE ARE
MORE SCARECROWS LEFT
THAN OTHER PEOPLE
MY VERY BONE ENDS
BURN
WHEN I RAISED MY HEAD
THERE WAS MY
RIGID BODY
LYING BITTER COLD
I THINK THERE ARE
MORE SCARECROWS LEFT
THAN OTHER PEOPLE
MY VERY BONE ENDS
BURN
WHEN I RAISED MY HEAD
THERE WAS MY
RIGID BODY
LYING BITTER COLD
Exhibition history
1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989
Notes
The text in this drawing is by John Caselberg. It is one of several haiku-like poems that formed Caselberg's initial response to McCahon's request for a suitable text for The Second Gate Series.