Alpha and Omega
ALPHA & / OMEGA / McCahon '53 (brushpoint, b.l.)
1983 Colin McCahon: The Mystical Landscape
National Art Gallery
Wellington
12/12/1983 - 21/1/1984
This is one of a number of works related to the large oil painting of 1953, International Air Race, which was commissioned by Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) in 1952 to commemorate a London to Christchurch air race. The painting was later destroyed by TEAL.
The 1950 painting [Double portrait] is found on the reverse of this painting.