In my own village, 1971
Record number
cm001512
Title
In my own village
Date
1971
Medium
charcoal
Support
paper
Dimensions
355 x 270 mm
Inscriptions
Caselberg / McCahon '71 (charcoal, b.r.); several additional verses (on reverse)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
IN MY OWN
in my own village
VILLAGE
I think there
I think there are
ARE
MORE Scarecrows
more scarecrows left LEFT
THAN OTHER PEOPLE
than other people
my very bone ends
Burn
in my own village
VILLAGE
I think there
I think there are
ARE
MORE Scarecrows
more scarecrows left LEFT
THAN OTHER PEOPLE
than other people
my very bone ends
Burn
Exhibition history
2001 Answering Hark: Caselberg/McCahon: Poet/Painter
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
17/3/2001 - 20/5/2001
Notes
The text in this drawing is by John Caselberg. It is one of several haiku-like poems that formed Caselberg's initial response to McCahon's request for a suitable text for The Second Gate Series.