Comet, 1953
Record number
cm000160
Title
Comet
Date
1953
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
517 x 646 mm
Inscriptions
McCahon '53 (brushpoint, b.r.); Colin McCahon / C/o Art Gallery / Auckland / 'COMET' 12 gns / oil 1953 (on reverse)
Collection
Exhibition history
1953 The [53] Group Show
Durham Street Art Gallery
Christchurch
10/10/1953 - 25/10/1953
1969 McCahon's McCahon's 1943-1963
Moller's Gallery
Auckland
10/3/1969 - 28/3/1969
Notes
This is one of a number of works related to the large oil painting of 1953, International Air Race, which was commissioned by Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) in 1952 to commemorate a London to Christchurch air race. The painting was later destroyed by TEAL.