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Colin McCahon 'Comet (F1, F2, F3)'
Estimate:
$300,000 - $400,000
Sold
$265,000
Live Auction
162: Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
ARTIST
Colin McCahon
Category
Description
Colin McCahon
Comet (F1, F2, F3)
synthetic polymer paint on jute canvas, triptych
title inscribed, signed with artist’s initials CMcC and dated ’74 on each panel
930 x 510mm; 930 x 595mm; 930 x 535mm
Exhibited
‘Jumps and Comets: Related Events in my World’, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, 27 May - 7 June 1974.
‘Colin McCahon’s Necessary Protection’, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1 September - 25 September 1977.
‘Toi Toi Toi: Three Generations of Artists from New Zealand’, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 23 January - 5 April 1999.
Illustrated
Francis Pound, The Invention of New Zealand: Art & National Identity, 1930 -1970 (Auckland University Press, 2009), pl. 18.
Comet (F1, F2, F3)
synthetic polymer paint on jute canvas, triptych
title inscribed, signed with artist’s initials CMcC and dated ’74 on each panel
930 x 510mm; 930 x 595mm; 930 x 535mm
Exhibited
‘Jumps and Comets: Related Events in my World’, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, 27 May - 7 June 1974.
‘Colin McCahon’s Necessary Protection’, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1 September - 25 September 1977.
‘Toi Toi Toi: Three Generations of Artists from New Zealand’, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 23 January - 5 April 1999.
Illustrated
Francis Pound, The Invention of New Zealand: Art & National Identity, 1930 -1970 (Auckland University Press, 2009), pl. 18.
