Take away the stone, 1969
Record number
cm001155
Title
Take away the stone
Date
1969
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
600 x 601 mm (s)
Inscriptions
LET US GO BACK TO JUDEA (DO YOU HEAR / ME LAZARUS) (brushpoint, t.r.); McCahon June '69 (brushpoint, b.r.); THE JUNE PAINTINGS NO 4. / Colin McCahon / Take away the / stone / 1969 / from the series / Let us go back to Judea (on reverse)
Credit line
Gift of Gladys Eastwood
Accession number
1971.5.2
Extended inscriptions
"TAKE AWAY THE
STONE. DID I NOT
TELL YOU THAT
IF YOU HAVE
FAITH YOU
WILL SEE THE
GLORY OF GOD"
SO THEY REMOVED THE
STONE
THE DEAD MAN CAME FORTH
Exhibition history
1969 An Exhibition of Paintings by Colin McCahon
Peter McLeavey Gallery
Wellington
22/7/1969 - 9/8/1969
Notes
The text, with slight modifications, is John 11:39-41 and 43, from The New English Bible.