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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 27, 2014 | Deutscher and Hackett | Sydney | Important Australian + International Fine Art | 25 | $****** - ****** | NOUGHTS AND CROSSES, SERIES 2, NO. 2 |
paintings
110.5 x 73 cm (43.5 x 28.74 in)
synthetic polymer paint on Steinbach paper
signed with initials, dated and inscribed lower left: II NOUGHTS & CROSSES 2. C. McC. "76.
Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Private collection, New Zealand, acquired from the above in 1978
Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Private collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above in 2001
Colin McCahon: Paintings - Noughts and crosses, Rocks in the sky, On the road, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, 23 August - 3 September 1976, cat. 2 (as "Noughts and Crosses (second set)")
Colin McCahon: Necessary Protection: the catalogue of a travelling exhibition of paintings from Colin McCahon"s various series from 1971 to 1976, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1-25 September 1977; Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, 5-30 October 1977; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, 8 November - 4 December 1977; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, 14 December 1977 - 8 January 1978; Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, 18 January - 12 February 1978; National Art Gallery, Wellington, 22 February - 19 March 1978; Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum (Inc.), Napier, 29 March - 23 April 1978; Gisborne Museum and Art Centre, Gisborne, 3-28 May 1978; Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, 12 July - 6 August 1978; cat. 21 (as "Noughts & Crosses II 2")
On loan to Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (label attached verso)
McCahon"s "Necessary Protection", Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1977, p. 42, cat. 21 (illus. p. [33])
Bloem, M., and Browne, M., Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith, Craig Potton Publishing & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2002, p. 261
Colin McCahon Online Catalogue, www.mccahon.co.nz, ref. cm001171
COLIN McCAHON
(1919 - 1987, New Zealand)
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES, SERIES 2, NO. 2, 1976
synthetic polymer paint on Steinbach paper
110.5 x 73.0 cm
signed with initials, dated and inscribed lower left: II NOUGHTS & CROSSES 2. C. McC. "76.
