Sketch for TEAL , 1953
Record number
cm000639
Title
Sketch for TEAL
Date
1953
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
305 x 432 mm
Inscriptions
[Signature and date, illegible] (b.l.); McCahon 1953 / Sketch for TEAL / 6gns [B] (on reverse)
Collection
Exhibition history
1953 The [53] Group Show
Durham Street Art Gallery
Christchurch
10/10/1953 - 25/10/1953
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.