Sacred to the memory of Death, 1955
Record number
cm001219
Title
Sacred to the memory of Death
Date
1955
Medium
oil
Support
canvas
Dimensions
630 x 760 mm
Inscriptions
The Gallery Symonds Street / COLIN McCAHON / SACRED TO THE / MEMORY OF / DEATH / 22gns 1 / 36b (label on stretcher on reverse)
Exhibition history
1972 Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/3/1972 - 23/4/1972
1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989
1990 Rosalie Gascoigne, Colin McCahon: Sense of Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Sydney
10/6/1990 - 28/7/1990
Notes
In the catalogue to the 1972 Survey exhibition, McCahon explained the origin of the title of this work: 'The words come from an inscription on a Turner drawing in the Auckland City Art Gallery.' The drawing is Church and Churchyard (Sacred to the Memory of Death) in the Mackelvie Trust Collection.