Roman Numerals Series

1975

Colin McCahon

Accessible

Type

  • Installation

Medium

  • Acrylic (Perspex)

Dimensions

  • Ground floor (Roman C): H560 x W460 x D20mm; Level 1 (Roman Numeral I): H570 x W460 x D20mm; Level 2 (Roman Numeral II): H565 x W465 x D25mm; Level 3 (Roman Numeral III): H560 x W460 x D25mm; Level 4 (Roman Numeral IV): H560 x W462 x D25mm; Level 5 (Roman Numearl V): H560 x W460 x D20mm

Colin McCahon, 'Roman Numerals Series' (detail) (1975), Level 1, Building 505, Grafton Campus, University of Auckland.

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

1975–Current

Elevator lobbies, Ground Level to Level 5, Building 505, Grafton Campus, University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Artists
Credit

The University of Auckland Art Collection

Associated Artwork Person(s)
Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

A series of signs relating to each level of the building. Each sits in the lift foyer and opposite the Pat Hanly series: 'The Seven Ages of Man'.

Commissioned by Hamish Keith for the then new Medical School ‘Link’ Building.

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