Waterfall theme & variations

1966

Colin McCahon

Accessible

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Board
  • Synthetic polymer paint

Dimensions

  • 12 panels. Total dimension H3170 x W6500mm

Colin McCahon, ‘Waterfall theme & variations’ (1966), Information Services Building, University of Otago, Ōtepoti Dunedin.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. Reproduced with permission courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.

1966–Current

First floor of Information Services Building outside Charles Brasch Court (near 640 Cumberland St), Main Campus, University of Otago, North Dunedin, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Artists
Credit

Collection of the University of Otago

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

Inscribed "For Mary De Beer".

The series was selected by Charles Brasch from a set of submissions and the final piece itself was commissioned for the library with reference to the Hocken Library and Mary de Boer/Beer, an advocate for art in the library. The current location is not the original placing of the work.