Waterfall triptych, 1964

Record number
cm000476
Title

Waterfall triptych

Date
1964
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
1: 602 x 392 mm (s)
2: 600 x 399 mm (s)
3: 600 x 400 mm (s)
Inscriptions

1: McCahon / December1964 / [owner's name] / Last of the first waterfalls / to be arranged as you think fit / they have been painted / together anyway - and greetings / Anne & Colin (on reverse)
2: McCahon / December 1964 / For [owner's name] / the last of the first waterfalls / to be arranged as you think fit / they have been painted together anyway - and greetings / Anne & Colin McCahon / May 11-1968 (on reverse)
3: McCahon Dec '64 (ballpoint pen, l.l.); McCahon / December 1964 / for [owner's name] / The last of the first waterfalls / to be arranged as you think fit / they have been painted together anyway- and greetings / Anne & Colin McCahon / May 11 - 1968 (on reverse)

Exhibition history

2005 Fall of Water, Fall of Light
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
3/6/2005 - 21/8/2005

Notes

During this period, McCahon was experimenting with a number of commercial oil and water-based paints. In some cases, he mixed these with artists' oil colours. The exact nature of the medium can be difficult to determine.