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Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969

Colin McCahon

We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
conté on paper
1490 x 540mm
1500 x 600mm framed
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Colin McCahon, We are the Hull of a Great Canoe, 1969
Extended inscriptions E / KORE / E / NGARO / HE / TAKERE / WAKA / NUI we will never be lost, / we are the hull of a / great canoe.
Extended inscriptions
E / KORE / E / NGARO / HE / TAKERE / WAKA / NUI
we will never be lost, / we are the hull of a / great canoe.

Provenance

Private collection, Auckland
McCahon Trust Record: cm000125

Exhibitions

Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, 7/3/1972 - 23/4/1972
Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002

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