Colin McCahon
Christ as a Lamp
Artwork Detail
Instead of just comparing Christ to a lamp as he had done in earlier works, McCahon takes the idea of Christ as ‘the light of the world’ one step further in this painting. Christ’s manifestation in a lamp recalls his assurance to his disciples, ‘I am with you always’. (McCahon's Visible Mysteries, 2004)
- Title
- Christ as a Lamp
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- circa 1948
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 648 x 520 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
- Accession no
- L1998/28/2
- Other ID
- cm000628 Catalogue Number
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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