<em>Nelson Hills 2</em>, 1947
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Nelson Hills 2, 1947

Record number
cm000564
Title

Nelson Hills 2

Date
c. 1947 - 1949
Medium
oil
Support
cardboard
Dimensions
456 x 608 mm
Inscriptions

NELSON HILLS BY COLIN McCAHON / c1948? / ...[owner's name] / ...[owner's name] (from Dec 1974) / Acquired 1960 from...[owner] / No 64 in Woollaston McCahon Retrospective exhibition, 1963 / Reproduced in New Zealand Painting: an introduction by Brown & Keith / value for ins $1000 / Shows McCahon's ability to strip a particular landscape (in this case the hills / of the Matai Valley, Nelson), / to simple and memorable forms. (on reverse, in another hand)

Exhibition history

1963 A Retrospective Exhibition: M. T. Woollaston - Colin McCahon
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
20/5/1963 - 4/6/1963

1969 Colin McCahon: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolours from the Collection of R. N. O'Reilly
Peter McLeavey Gallery
Wellington
18/8/1969 - 29/8/1969

1970 Exhibition lent by R. N. O'Reilly
Victoria University Library
Wellington
10/8/1970 - 6/9/1970