Caltex 3, 1965
Record number
cm001497
Title
Caltex 3
Date
1965
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
paper on cardboard
Dimensions
508 x 812 mm
Inscriptions
Colin McCahon '65 (on mount, ballpoint pen, l.r.); Colin McCahon / Submission 3 (on reverse of mount, ballpoint pen, u.r.)
Collection
Credit line
Purchased 1981
Accession number
81.2276
Exhibition history
2007 Colin McCahon: A National Gallery of Australia Focus Exhibition
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Tasmania
16/6/2007 - 2/9/2007
2017 Colin McCahon: On Going Out with the Tide
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington
8/4/2017 - 30/7/2017
Notes
One of a number of preparatory designs for the unrealised mural intended for the Caltex Oil offices, Auckland. From the inscription, this appears to be one of four final designs McCahon submitted for the commission. (See the other designs.)