Let be, let be, 1959

Record number
cm000005
Title

Let be, let be

Series
Date
1959
Medium
enamel, sand
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
1830 x 1220 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon. 59. (brushpoint, b.r.); It has always been like this (brushpoint, b.l.-b.c.); No.29. / LET BE WILL HE COME / TO SAVE HIM / JAN - AUG 59 / SOLPAH + SAND 60gns 111 x 75 (on reverse)

Extended inscriptions

let be (t.l.-t.c.); let be (u.c.-u.r.)
will he come / and save him / will he save him (u.l.-c.r.)
Elias (l.l.)
will he / come to / save / him (l.r.-b.r.)

Exhibition history

1959 Colin McCahon. Recent Paintings, November 1958 - August 1959
Gallery 91
Christchurch
6/10/1959 - 18/10/1959

1960 Contemporary New Zealand Painting and Sculpture [1960]
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
30/3/1960 - 24/4/1960

1965 Contemporary Painting in New Zealand
Commonwealth Institute
London
11/1965 -

1969 McCahon's McCahon's 1943-1963
Moller's Gallery
Auckland
10/3/1969 - 28/3/1969

1972 Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
7/3/1972 - 23/4/1972

1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989

1992 Headlands: Thinking through New Zealand Art
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney
1/4/1992 - 19/6/1992

2002 Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
30/8/2002 - 10/11/2002