Sketch for TEAL, 1953
Record number
cm000645
Title
Sketch for TEAL
Date
1953
Medium
oil
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
385 x 484 mm (s)
Inscriptions
McCahon '53 (brushpoint, b.l.); Sketch for Teal (C) / 1953 / for [name of owner] (on backing paper)
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.