<em>A candle in a dark room</em>, 1947
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A candle in a dark room, 1947

Record number
cm001669
Title

A candle in a dark room

Date
1947
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
380 x 310 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon / 4[illegible] (brushpoint, b.l.)

Credit line
On loan from a private collection
Accession number
L1998/28/99
Exhibition history

1948 Colin McCahon: Exhibition of Paintings
Wellington Public Library
Wellington
2/2/1948 - 21/2/1948

1995 Candles in a Dark Room: James K Baxter and Colin McCahon
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/1995 - 25/10/1996

2001 Answering Hark: Caselberg/McCahon: Poet/Painter
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
17/3/2001 - 20/5/2001

2004 McCahon's Visible Mysteries
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
6/11/2004 - 22/5/2005

2008 In Shifting Light
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
11/10/2008 - 12/4/2009

2015 Extra Ordinary Everyday
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
28/3/2015 - 31/7/2016

Notes

Recent research indicates that this painting was painted in 1947, not 1943 as previously thought.