Colin McCahon

Head

Head by Colin McCahon

Artwork Detail

Portraiture is not an area of activity the Colin McCahon is widely known for. This monumental head has an intriguing title, inscribed on the reverse, referring to the fact that it was probably not drawn from life but from memory.

The artist's portraits of these years are always reductive in terms of how a person's features are conveyed, yet always graphically expressive of a specific person's appearance. (Colin McCahon's Titirangi, 2002)

Title
Head
Artist/creator
Colin McCahon
Production date
1958
Medium
watercolour
Dimensions
758 x 556 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Public Libraries, 1991
Accession no
1991/12/6
Other ID
cm001659 Catalogue Number
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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