Gate III, 1970
Record number - cm001186
Title - Gate III
Date - 1970
Medium - synthetic polymer paint
Support - canvas
Dimensions - 3050 x 10670 mm
Inscriptions - Gate III. / McCahon / NOV. DEC. / '70. (brushpoint, b.r.)
Collection - Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection
Credit line - purchased with the assistance of The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, 1972
Accession number - VUW.1972.1
Extended inscriptions
O earth earth earth. How is the hammer of the
whole earth cut asunder and broken.
All ye who kindle a fire who gird
yourselves about with firebrands
Walk ye in the flames of your fire and among
the brands which ye have kindled
The earth shall stagger like a drunken man
Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed.
In this dark
night of Western
civilisation
teach us to order
our days rightly,
that we may enter
the gate
of
wisdom
God be gracious to us and
bless us.
God make his face shine upon us,
that his ways be known
on earth
And his saving power
Among all the nations
The Lord bless you.
The Lord your true goal,
your holy mountain.
as there is a constant
flow of light we are
born
into a pure land
as there is a constant
flow of light
we are born into
a pure land
Exhibition history
1971 Auckland: Ten big paintings, Auckland City Art Gallery, 10 February-28 March 1971, cat. no. 6.
1994 Wellington: Town and gown: Victoria University Art Collection, City Gallery Wellington, 19 November 1994-26 February 1995.
1999 Wellington: Manufacturing meaning: The Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection in context, Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 22 September 1999-31 January 2000.
Notes
Gate III was commissioned by Auckland City Art Gallery for the opening of the Edmiston Wing in 1971