John in Canterbury, 1959

Record number
cm001198
Title

John in Canterbury

Date
1959
Medium
enamel
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
521 x 1684 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon. August '59. (brushpoint, b.c.); COLIN McCAHON / NO.36. August '59 / JOHN IN CANTERBURY / BUTEX 30 gns. (on reverse)

Credit line
Given by Colin McCahon, Auckland, 1980
Accession number
85/101
Extended inscriptions

God, it is all dark. The heart beat but there is no answering hark
of a hearer and no one to speak. (t.l.-u.c.)
John in Canterbury (b.c.-b.r.)

Exhibition history

1959 Colin McCahon. Recent Paintings, November 1958 - August 1959
Gallery 91
Christchurch
6/10/1959 - 18/10/1959

1969 McCahon's McCahon's 1943-1963
Moller's Gallery
Auckland
10/3/1969 - 28/3/1969

1972 Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/3/1972 - 23/4/1972

1987 A Tribute to Colin McCahon, 1919-87
Dunedin Public Art Gallery & Hocken Library
Dunedin
22/8/1987 - 20/9/1987

1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989

2001 Answering Hark: Caselberg/McCahon: Poet/Painter
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
17/3/2001 - 20/5/2001

2016 Highlights at Hocken
University of Otago Library
Otago
27/5/2016 - 22/10/2016

2017 Freefall
University of Otago Library
Otago
6/5/2017 - 1/7/2017

Notes

John is John Caselberg, the third of whose 'Van Gogh' poems is quoted here.