Alpha and Omega, 1953

Record number
cm001000
Title

Alpha and Omega

Date
1953
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
494 x 625 mm (s)
Inscriptions

  ALPHA   &   /   OMEGA   /   McCahon '53   (brushpoint, b.l.)

Credit line
Purchased 1982 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds and assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand
Accession number
1982-0064-1/B
Exhibition history

1983 Colin McCahon: The Mystical Landscape
National Art Gallery
Wellington
12/12/1983 - 21/1/1984

Notes

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.