Lord, thou art God, 1969

Record number
cm000060
Title

Lord, thou art God

Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1600 x 553 mm
Inscriptions

Psalm 89 (conté crayon, b.l.); McCahon Sept 20 '69 (conté crayon, b.r.)

Credit line
on loan from a private collection
Accession number
L1998/28/38
Extended inscriptions

LORD THOU ART GOD / THOU HAST BEEN / OUR REFUGE / FROM GENERATION / TO GENERATION / BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS / WERE MADE / OR THE EARTH AND / THE WORLD WERE / FORMED: / FROM ETERNITY AND TO / ETERNITY / THOU / ART / GOD.

Exhibition history

1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969

Notes

The text is Psalm 89:1-3 as it appears in the New Sunday Missal (Catholic Book Publishing Co, New York, 1961).