I and Thou, 1969

Record number
cm001264
Title

I and Thou

Date
1969
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
6 hardboard panels
Dimensions
each panel: 295 x 295 mm (s)
overall: 1180 x 590 mm (s)
Inscriptions

1: Colin / McCahon / I AND THOU / 1 PANEL Oct. 1969 (on reverse)
2: Colin McCahon / I AND THOU / Oct. 1969 / Panel 2 (on reverse)
3: Colin McCahon / I AND THOU / Oct. 1969 / Panel 3 (on reverse)
4: Colin McCahon / I AND THOU / October 1969 / Panel 4 (on reverse)
5: Colin McCahon / I AND THOU / October 1967 [sic] / Panel 5 (on reverse)
6: McCahon / OCT. 10 - 18 '69 (brushpoint, b.r.); Colin McCahon / I AND THOU Oct. 1969 / Panel 6 / [hanging instructions and diagram] (on reverse)

Exhibition history

1995 Diaspora in context: Connections in a fragmented world
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
New South Wales, Australia
2/9/1995 - 3/12/1995

1999 Toi Toi Toi: Drei Kunstlergenerationen aux Nueseeland
Museum Fridericianum
Kassel
23/1/1999 - 5/4/1999

Notes

I and Thou (Ich und Du, 1923, English translation 1937) is the best known work of Jewish theolgian and philospher Martin Buber (1878-1965).