<em>Victory over death</em>, 1969
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Victory over death, 1969

Record number
cm000661
Title

Victory over death

Date
1969
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
hardboard
Dimensions
610 x 610 mm
Inscriptions

VICTORY OVER DEATH (brushpoint, t.r.); McCahon Oct 10 '69. (brushpoint, b.l.); JOHN 1 (brushpoint, b.r.); Colin McCahon / VICTORY OVER DEATH / October 1969 (on reverse)

Credit line
gift of Miss L. D. Gilmour
Accession number
1983/48/8
Extended inscriptions

are there not
twelve hours of
anyone can walk in day-
time without stumbling
because he sees the light
of this world. But if he
walks after
nighfall he stumbles
because the light fails him

Exhibition history

1970 Colin McCahon Recent Paintings: Victory Over Death or Practical Religion
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
2/3/1970 - 15/3/1970

Notes

The text is John 11: 9-10, from the New English Bible.