Poetry isn't in my words...
1969
from the Written paintings and drawings series
- Medium
- blue pastel and pastel wash on brown paper
- Measurements
- 157.4 × 55.3 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Colin McCahon Online Catalogue cm001489
- Inscription
- inscribed in pencil l.r.: Colin McCahon Sept.5.69
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Peter Hooper – "Poetry is for Peasants"
- Accession Number
- 2009.161
- Department
- International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Reverend Ian Brown in memory of Annie Christina Brown, 2009
© Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
-
Allegory and Symbols Literary and Text
- Subjects (specific)
-
bleeding (seeping) metaphor monochrome poetry text (layout feature) words (layout features)
