Through the Wall of Death: A Banner, 1972
Record number
cm001405
Title
Through the Wall of Death: A Banner
Date
1972
Medium
synthetic polymer paint
Support
unstretched canvas
Dimensions
1840 x 2355 mm
Inscriptions
THROUGH THE WALL OF DEATH, A BANNER: Colin McCahon 1972 MURIWAI (brushpoint, b.l.)
Collection
Credit line
Purchased 1977 with the assistance of the QEII Arts Council of NZ
Accession number
1977/24/1
Extended inscriptions
All ye holy Saints of God make intercession for us.
Be merciful. SPARE US, O LORD
Be merciful, graciously hear us O Lord
From all evil deliver us, O LORD. From all sin
and unprovided death, from the snares of the devil, from anger, hatred
from the spirit of uncleanness, from lightening & tempest, and all ill will,
from plague, famine & war, from the scourge of earthquake. From everlasting death.
through the mystery of Thy
incarnation
Through thy
coming, through
Thy baptism
and holy fasting
through Thy
Cross & Passion
through Thy
Death & burial,
through thy
holy Resurrection,
through Thy
wonderful
Ascension,
through the
coming of the
Holy Ghost, the paraclete,
in the day of
judgment, we
sinners we
beseech Thee
hear us –
That Thou would spare us. That Thou would
pardon us, bring us to true penance
grant
PEACE and UNITY to all people
Be merciful. SPARE US, O LORD
Be merciful, graciously hear us O Lord
From all evil deliver us, O LORD. From all sin
and unprovided death, from the snares of the devil, from anger, hatred
from the spirit of uncleanness, from lightening & tempest, and all ill will,
from plague, famine & war, from the scourge of earthquake. From everlasting death.
through the mystery of Thy
incarnation
Through thy
coming, through
Thy baptism
and holy fasting
through Thy
Cross & Passion
through Thy
Death & burial,
through thy
holy Resurrection,
through Thy
wonderful
Ascension,
through the
coming of the
Holy Ghost, the paraclete,
in the day of
judgment, we
sinners we
beseech Thee
hear us –
That Thou would spare us. That Thou would
pardon us, bring us to true penance
grant
PEACE and UNITY to all people
Exhibition history
1972 Colin McCahon: Paintings from This Summer '71 - '72
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
13/3/1972 - 24/3/1972
1975 An Exhibition of Paintings by Colin McCahon
Ray Hughes Gallery
Brisbane
29/11/1975 - 24/12/1975
1980 Colin McCahon at the Dowse Art Gallery
Dowse Art Museum
Lower Hutt
10/1980 - 10/1980
1984 I will need words: Colin McCahon's Word and Number Paintings
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Sydney
Sydney
11/4/1984 - 17/6/1984
1988 Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys
Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland
11/11/1988 - 26/2/1989
1994 Function: Works From The Dowse Collection
Dowse Art Gallery
Wellington
5/3/1994 - 2/10/1994
2007 Babette’s Feast
Dowse Art Gallery
Wellington
17/2/2007 - 4/6/2007
Notes
The text is from the Catholic prayer, ‘The Litany of the Saints’.