Elias: Why cannot he save himself, 1959

Record number
cm000139
Title

Elias: Why cannot he save himself

Series
Date
1959
Medium
enamel, sawdust
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
1475 x 1000 mm
Inscriptions

McCahon April '59 Aug. '59 (brushpoint, b.l.); COLIN McCAHON 24 / BUTEX. APRIL - AUG. / 1959 / ELIAS- WHY / CANNOT HE SAVE / HIMSELF / 20 GNS. (on reverse)

Extended inscriptions

Elias / why / cannot / can't he / save / save / him / himself.

Exhibition history

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

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

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