French Bay by Colin McCahon | The Chartwell Project

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French Bay

Feature image of artwork

French Bay

Artist

Colin McCahon
Production Date

1957
Medium

oil on canvas on board
Size

592 x 1206 mm
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1984
Accession Number

C1994/1/113
Accession Date

May 1984
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Painting
Collection

Chartwell
Subjects

abstraction, beaches, bays (bodies of water), seas

Exhibition history

Freedom and Structure: Cubism and New Zealand Art 1930-1960

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and others

15/05/2015 — 29/07/2018

Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection

Waikato Museum of Art and History | Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

14/07/1991 — 25/08/1991

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May His light shine (Tau Cross)

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Visible Mysteries no. 8

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Rocks at French Bay

Rocks at French Bay

Are there not twelve hours of daylight

Are there not twelve hours of daylight

Altar - still life

Altar - still life

The care of small birds: Muriwai

The care of small birds: Muriwai

Kauri

Kauri

Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is

Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is