Colin McCahon
Artwork Detail
Gannets swarm above the pillar of rock that is Motutara Island, while two strings of rosary beads hang above a shifting horizon. Colin McCahon painted in series, building bodies of work around the big themes of life and death, time and loss, history
and place. The Care Of Small Birds: Muriwai, exhibited in Necessary Protection (1977), explores the young gannet’s leap of faith and first flight from the top of the Muriwai cliffs.
- Title
- The care of small birds: Muriwai
- Artist/creator
- Colin McCahon
- Production date
- 1975
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on unstretched jute canvas
- Dimensions
- 1730 x 925 mm
- Credit line
- Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1985
- Accession no
- C1994/1/146
- Other ID
- cm000274 Catalogue Number
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- On display
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