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- Title
- Mondrian's last chrysanthemum
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- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
Text originally created for Michael Parekowhai, Colin McCahon, Jim Allen exhibition at Te Papa, August - September 2012. Colin McCahon was preoccupied by the threat of nuclear war. Here, he depicts the moment of impact – an explosion turning the sky a fiery red. Below, we see the outcome – darkness and smoky grey rubble. The word ‘ash’ recalls President Kennedy’s famous 1962 speech about the possibility of nuclear war: ‘the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth’. The painting is nam...
- Format
- Image
- Date created
- 1976
- Creator
- Colin McCahon
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/919568
- Related subjects
- Landscapes (Representations) / painting / acrylic paint / paper / hardboard / paintings / Abstract / Nuclear war / Auckland
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