The rape of Dejanira (after Michelangelo), 1955

Record number
cm000846
Title

The rape of Dejanira (after Michelangelo)

Date
1955
Medium
oil
Support
paper on board
Dimensions
385 x 563 mm
Inscriptions

Colin McCahon / Bathers(oil) / 1955 (on reverse)

Exhibition history

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

1974 The Kim Wright Collection of New Zealand Painting
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
5/1974 - 6/1974

2006 Colin McCahon: from the collection
Forrester Gallery
Oamaru
2006 -

2016 Colin McCahon: from the collection
Forrester Gallery
Oamaru
15/10/2016 - 11/12/2016

Notes

This painting refers to the composition of an unfinished marble frieze by Michelangelo, Battle of the Centaurs, c. 1492 (Florence, Casa Buonarotti). McCahon first became familiar with the work of Michelangelo through publications of the Phaidon Press in the late 1930s and early 1940s. (See also the related works.)