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Title
Date
Collection
Series
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[Moby dick is (was) a volcano]
, 1971
Record number
cm001400
Title
[
Moby dick is (was) a volcano
]
Series
Necessary protection
Date
c. 1971 - 1973
Medium
charcoal
Support
paper
Dimensions
283 x 357 mm
Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Credit line
Purchased 1996 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Accession number
1996-0012-2
Exhibition history
2017 Colin McCahon: On Going Out with the Tide
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington
8/4/2017 - 30/7/2017
Notes
This drawing and
[
Oaia sits and nibbles the sea
]
were done for McCahon’s friend, John Caselberg, as guides to the Muriwai topography of McCahon’s
Necessary Protection
series.